قلو and قلى 1 قَلَا and قلى He fried wheat; i. e. roasted it in a مَقْلَى [or frying-pan or roasting-pan]. (Mgh.) b2: قَلَى with يَقْلَى for its aor. : see أَبَى. b3: هُوَ يَقْلُو البُرَّ: see بَرَى. b4: قَلَى He roasted in a frying-pan (MA, KL) flesh-meat (MA) or anything: (KL:) and شَوَى signifies the same. (MA.) قَلَى البُرَّ بِالمِقْلَى and المِقْلاَةِ means شَوَاهُ[i. e. he parched, or roasted, the wheat with the مقلى]. (Mgh.) The aor. is يَقْلِى and يَقْلُو, and the inf. n. قَلْىٌ (MA, Mgh) and قَلْوٌ. (Mgh.)قَلْىٌPotash; as is shown by the explanations in the S, K, and TA. Hence our term “ alkali. ”See حُرْضٌ.مِقْلًىA frying-pan; i. q. طاَجَِنٌ. (Msb in art. طجن.)