bavlna

Inherited from Old Czech bavlna, borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle, whence German Baumwolle. The word is a partial calque, the second part having been assimilated to vlna (“wool”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbavl̩na]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧vl‧na

bavlna f

1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

   Je to čistá bavlna? ― Is it pure cotton?

• bavlna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bavlna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bavlna”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

• bavľna (alternative writing)
• vavlna

Borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbaʋl̩na/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbavl̩na/

bavlna f

1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

• Czech: bavlna

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bavlna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Cognate with Polish bawełna.

bavlna f (genitive singular bavlny, nominative plural bavlny, genitive plural bavĺn, declension pattern of žena)

1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

• “bavlna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024