كتان

See also: کتان

Arabic

كَتَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā, “flax; linen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.taːn/

Noun

كَتَّان • (kattān) m

1. flax
2. linen

Declension

Declension of noun كَتَّان (kattān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَتَّان kattān	الْكَتَّان al-kattān	كَتَّان kattān
Nominative	كَتَّانٌ kattānun	الْكَتَّانُ al-kattānu	كَتَّانُ kattānu
Accusative	كَتَّانًا kattānan	الْكَتَّانَ al-kattāna	كَتَّانَ kattāna
Genitive	كَتَّانٍ kattānin	الْكَتَّانِ al-kattāni	كَتَّانِ kattāni

Derived terms

• كَتَّانِيّ (kattāniyy, “linen”)

Descendants

• Maltese: kittien
• Moroccan Arabic: كتان (kattān)
• → Azerbaijani: kətan
• → Crimean Tatar: keten
• → Ge'ez: ክታን (kətan)
• → Persian: کتان (katân)
  • → Middle Armenian: քթան (kʻtʻan)
    • Armenian: քթան (kʻtʻan)
  • → Armenian: քաթան (kʻatʻan)
  • → Gujarati: કતાન (katān)
• → Swahili: katani
• → Turkish: keten

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَتَّان (kattān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.taːn/

Noun

كتان • (kattān) m

1. flax

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān, “flax”).

Noun

كتان • (kettan)

1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)
2. flax fibres, linen

Derived terms

• كتانجی (ketenci)
• كتانجك (katancık)

Descendants

• Turkish: keten

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كتان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 3869–3870
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1526