qṭn / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root qṭn: cotton.

qṭn

To be(come) thin, fine, small.

cotton, from Arabic quṭn, quṭun, cotton, perhaps akin to Akkadian qatānu, to be(come) thin, fine (of textiles), or perhaps borrowed from an unknown source.


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