pembû

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• pembo
• پەمبوو (pembû) — Arabic spelling

Etymology

Cognate with Persian پنبه (panbe, “cotton”), Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛmˈbuː/

Noun

Central Kurdish	پەمبە (pembe)
Zazaki	peme

pembû m (Arabic spelling په‌مبوو)

1. cotton, processed cotton

Derived terms

• pembûyî
• pembûçin
• pembûstan

Related terms

• loke (“cotton on the plant”)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pembû”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437