Cotton Names in other Languages, Medieval and Renaissance |
Culture | Word |
Sanskrit | Karpasa |
East Indian | Karpasi |
Hebrew | Karpas/karpac |
Greek | Karpasos |
Latin | Carbasus |
Persia | Kirpas |
Arabic | Kirbas |
Armenian | Kerpas |
Malay | Kapas |
Mongol | Kabaz/Kabiz |
Middle Persian | Pambak |
Low Latin | Bambacium |
Croatia | Bambak |
Russia | Bumaga |
Turkey | Pamuk |
Hungarian | Pamut |
German | Baumwolle (modern) |
Arabic | Qutn (Iran??) |
Sicilian | Cuttonum/Bambacium |
Spanish | Al-godon, Algodon |
Portugual | Algodao |
Italian | Goton, modernly Cotone |
Provencal | Alcoto |
Welsh | Cotwn |
Gaelic | Coton |
Old French | Auqueton |
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