كتان

See also: کتان

Arabic

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

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

Descendants

Further reading

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