pembû
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) |
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Zazaki | peme |
pembû m (Arabic spelling پهمبوو)
- 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