paxta

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai پخته (pxth /⁠päxtä⁠/), from Classical Persian پَخْتَه (paxta, “cotton”).

Noun

paxta (plural paxtalar)

1. cotton (a soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium)

   ipak paxta ― high-quality cotton

2. cotton wool

   Synonym: momiq

3. cotton (a plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of cotton fibre)

   Synonym: gʻoʻza

   paxta guli ― cotton flower

Declension

Declension of paxta

	singular	plural
nominative	paxta	paxtalar
genitive	paxtaning	paxtalarning
dative	paxtaga	paxtalarga
definite accusative	paxtani	paxtalarni
locative	paxtada	paxtalarda
ablative	paxtadan	paxtalardan
similative	paxtadek	paxtalardek

Possessive forms of paxta

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtam	paxtalarim
genitive	paxtamning	paxtalarimning
dative	paxtamga	paxtalarimga
definite accusative	paxtamni	paxtalarimni
locative	paxtamda	paxtalarimda
ablative	paxtamdan	paxtalarimdan
similative	paxtamdek	paxtalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtang	paxtalaring
genitive	paxtangning	paxtalaringning
dative	paxtangga	paxtalaringga
definite accusative	paxtangni	paxtalaringni
locative	paxtangda	paxtalaringda
ablative	paxtangdan	paxtalaringdan
similative	paxtangdek	paxtalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtasi	paxtalari
genitive	paxtasining	paxtalarining
dative	paxtasiga	paxtalariga
definite accusative	paxtasini	paxtalarini
locative	paxtasida	paxtalarida
ablative	paxtasidan	paxtalaridan
similative	paxtasidek	paxtalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtamiz	paxtalarimiz
genitive	paxtamizning	paxtalarimizning
dative	paxtamizga	paxtalarimizga
definite accusative	paxtamizni	paxtalarimizni
locative	paxtamizda	paxtalarimizda
ablative	paxtamizdan	paxtalarimizdan
similative	paxtamizdek	paxtalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtangiz	paxtalaringiz
genitive	paxtangizning	paxtalaringizning
dative	paxtangizga	paxtalaringizga
definite accusative	paxtangizni	paxtalaringizni
locative	paxtangizda	paxtalaringizda
ablative	paxtangizdan	paxtalaringizdan
similative	paxtangizdek	paxtalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	paxtasi	paxtalari
genitive	paxtasining	paxtalarining
dative	paxtasiga	paxtalariga
definite accusative	paxtasini	paxtalarini
locative	paxtasida	paxtalarida
ablative	paxtasidan	paxtalaridan
similative	paxtasidek	paxtalaridek

Derived terms

• paxtadog‘
• paxtafurush
• paxtakor
• paxtakorlik
• paxtazor
• paxtashunos
• paxtachi
• paxtachilik

See also

• g‘o‘za (“cotton (plant source)”)
• koʻsak (“cotton boll”)
• momiq (“cotton wool”)
• chigit (“cottonseed”)

References

• Abduvahob Madvaliyev, Durdona Xudayberganova (2022), “paxta”, in Oʻzbek tilining izohli lugʻati‎^[1] (in Uzbek)
• Wiliam Dirks, Temur Davranov, Eduardo Real (2005), “paxta”, in Oʻzbekcha / Inglizcha Lugʻat‎^[2] (in Uzbek), The Central Asian Heritage Group, page 221