Where does “pembe” come from?

pembe (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پنبه, from Persian پنبه, from Middle Persian pmbk' — cotton.

pembe (Romanian): pink

Definitions

  1. pink

Ancestry of “pembe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپنبهcotton, the vegetal fibers produced by plants of the genus Gossypium
2Persianپنبهcotton
3Middle Persianpmbk'cotton
Every word from Middle Persian pmbk' →Every word from Persian پنبه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish پنبه →