كتان

See also: کتان

Arabic

كَتَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā, flax; linen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat.taːn/

Noun

كَتَّان (kattān) m

  1. flax
  2. linen

Declension

Derived terms

  • كَتَّانِيّ (kattāniyy, linen)

Descendants

  • Maltese: kittien
  • Moroccan Arabic: كتان (kattān)
  • Azerbaijani: kətan
  • Crimean Tatar: keten
  • Ge'ez: ክታን (kətan)
  • Persian: کتان (katân)
    • Middle Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
      • Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
    • Armenian: քաթան (kʿatʿan)
  • Swahili: katani
  • Turkish: keten

References

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَتَّان (kattān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat.taːn/

Noun

كتان (kattān) m

  1. flax

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān, flax).

Noun

كتان (kettan)

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)
  2. flax fibres, linen

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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