βάμβαξ

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Herodotus describes the word as Indian, while Theophrastus says that it was found near the Persian Gulf. From the same root are Middle Persian pmbk', Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak) and Ottoman Turkish پاموق (pamuk).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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βάμβαξ (bámbaxm (genitive βάμβακος); third declension

  1. cotton
    Synonyms: γοσσύπιον (gossúpion), ἐριόξυλον (erióxulon)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαμβάκιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199

Further reading

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