پنبه

See also: تنته

Gilaki

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk'.

Noun

پنبه (panba)

  1. cotton

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پنبه (panbe, cotton), itself from Middle Persian pmbk' and thus a doublet of پاموق (pamuk, cotton). Only the literal meaning "cotton" is attested up to the early 18th century, while the meaning "rosy, pink" is attested later and cannot be reliably justified from the colour of cotton (although there are natural colored varieties of cotton, including pink).

Noun

پنبه • (pembe)

  1. cotton, the vegetal fibers produced by plants of the genus Gossypium
    Synonyms: پاموق (pamuk), قطن (kutn)
  2. (by extension) anything soft, white or unsoiled
  3. pink, a color between red and white

Adjective

پنبه • (pembe)

  1. pink, having a color between red and white
    Synonyms: گلگون (gülgûn), گل رنگ (gülreng)

Coordinate terms

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)
     آق (ak)      بوز (boz)      قره (kara)
             قزل (kızıl); آل (al)              ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)              صاری (sarı)
                          یشیل (yeşil)             
                          گوك (gök)              ماوی (mavi)
             مور (mor)              افلاطون (eflatun)              پنبه (pembe)

Derived terms

  • توز پنبه‌سی (toz pembesi, very light pink color)
  • پنبه یݣاق (pembe yañak, rosy cheek)
  • پنبه‌بز (pembebez, carder of cotton)
  • پنبه‌دار (pembedar, padded with cotton)
  • پنبه‌ریس (pemberis, cotton-spinning machine)
  • پنبه‌زار (pembezar, kind of light shirting material)
  • پنبه‌كن (pembeken, cotton gin)
  • پنبه‌چول (pembeçul, kind of light shirting material)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pembe
  • Armenian: փեմպե (pʻempe)
  • Laz: ფემბელი (pembeli)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, cotton).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? panba
Dari reading? punba
Iranian reading? panbe
Tajik reading? punba

Noun

Dari پنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik пунба

پنبه • (panbe) (plural پنبه‌ها)

  1. cotton
    Synonym: پخته (paxte)

Derived terms

  • پنبه‌دانه (panbe-dâne, cottonseed)
  • پنبه‌زار (panbe-zâr, cottonfield)
  • پنبه‌پاک‌کن (panbe-pâk-kon, cotton gin)

Descendants

See also

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pambag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press