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Cotton Names in other Languages, Medieval and Renaissance |
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| 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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