Arabic in Cards English Words from Arabic

English Words from Arabic

cotton

القُطْن

quṭn

Arab traders carried both the plant and its name westward.

Meaning in Arabic
cotton, the plant and its fibre
Arabic today says
القُطْن
The path between languagesquṭn → cotton

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