Malay tingkal < Pers tiṅkāl, tinkar < Sans ṭaṅkaṇa
tincal in American English
(ˈtɪŋkɑːl, -kɔl)
noun
a former name for crude native borax
Word origin
[1625–35; ‹ Malay tingkal]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deviate, functional, plastic, query, substratum