Where does “كرسف” come from?

كرسف (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic كُرْسُف, from Sanskrit कर्पास — cotton, Gossypium arboreum.

كرسف (Ottoman Turkish): cotton wool, raw fibers of cotton before being processed

Definitions

  1. cotton wool, raw fibers of cotton before being processed

Ancestry of “كرسف”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكُرْسُف—
2Sanskritकर्पासcotton, Gossypium arboreum
Every word from Sanskrit कर्पास →Every word from Arabic كُرْسُف →