памбакӏ

Udi

Alternative forms
  • փամբակ (pʻambak) (in Armenian script)

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk' (pambak). According to Ačaṙyan, not borrowed via Armenian because of word-initial п- (p-).

Noun

памбакӏ • (pambaḳ)

  1. cotton
  2. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting

References
  • Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “памбакӏ”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎, Baku: Academy Press, page 187
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բամբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 401
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