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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Cognate with Persian پنبه (panbe, “cotton”), Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, “cotton”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pembû m (Arabic spelling پهمبوو)
- cotton, processed cotton
Derived terms
- loke (“cotton on the plant”)
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pembû”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437