پاموق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish پنبوق (panbuq), itself from Middle Persian pmbk'. Doublet of پنبه (pembe, cotton).

Noun

پاموق • (pamuk) (definite accusative پاموغی (pamuğu), plural پاموقلر (pamuklar))

  1. cotton, the soft, fluffy, vegetal fibers produced by plants of the genus Gossypium
    Synonyms: پنبه (pembe), قطن (kutn)
  2. cotton wool, the raw, silky fibers taken from cotton plants before being processed
    Synonym: كرسف (kırsef)
  3. batting, wadding, soft and fibrous cotton used as stuffing or packaging material

Derived terms

  • تخته پاموق (tahta pamuk, cotton ready to be carded)
  • طوپ پاموق (top pamuk, cotton made in balls)
  • قولاقدن پاموغی چیقارمق (kulakdan pamuğu çıkarmak, to listen to advice, literally to remove cotton from the ear)
  • پاموق آتمق (pamuk atmak, to card cotton)
  • پاموق آتیجی (pamuk atıcı, cotton carder)
  • پاموق آغاجی (pamuk ağacı, cotton plant)
  • پاموق اوتی (pamuk otu, white horehound)
  • پاموق ایپلكی (pamuk ipliği, cotton yarn)
  • پاموق بالغی (pamuk balığı, blue shark)
  • پاموق بالی (pamuk balı, cotton honey)
  • پاموق بزی (pamuk bezi, cotton cloth)
  • پاموق فدانی (pamuk fidanı, cotton plant)
  • پاموق قطیفه‌سی (pamuk kadifesi, cotton-velvet)
  • پاموق قلعه (pamuk kalʼe, Pamukkale, a district in Turkey)
  • پاموق قماشی (pamuk kumaşı, cotton fabric)
  • پاموق چیچكی (pamuk çiçeği, cotton flower)
  • پاموقجی (pamukcu, cotton wool trader)
  • پاموقلق (pamukluk, cotton plantation)
  • پاموقلو (pamuklu, made of cotton wool)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pamuk
  • Albanian: pambuk
  • Armenian: փամպուխ (pʻampux)
  • Balkan Romani: (Crimean, Sepečides) pambuki, (Kosovo Arli) pamuko
  • Bulgarian: паму́к (pamúk)
  • Hungarian: pamut
  • Karaim: памукъ (pamuq)
  • Macedonian: памук (pamuk)
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàmuk / па̀мук
  • Urum: памух (pamuh)

Further reading