pembû

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian پنبه (panbe, cotton), from Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, cotton).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish پەمبە (pembe)
Zazaki peme

pembû m (Arabic spelling په‌مبوو)

  1. cotton, processed cotton

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • loke (cotton on the plant)

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pembû”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437