pembû

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • pembo
  • پەمبوو (pembû) — Arabic spelling

Etymology

Cognate with Persian پنبه (panbe, “cotton”), Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛmˈbuː/

Noun

Central Kurdish پەمبە (pembe)
Zazaki peme

pembû m (Arabic spelling په‌مبوو)

  1. cotton, processed cotton

Derived terms

  • pembûyî
  • pembûçin
  • pembûstan
  • loke (“cotton on the plant”)

References

  • 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
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