боамби

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Ingush

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Etymology

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From Ossetian бӕмбӕг (bæmbæg).

Noun

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боамби (boambi)

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

References

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  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) “bæmbæg, bæmpæg”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 249–250