Where does “pamba” come from?

pamba (Swahili) comes from Persian پنبه, from Middle Persian pmbk' — cotton.

pamba (Swahili): cotton

Definitions

  1. cotton

Ancestry of “pamba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنبهcotton
2Middle Persianpmbk'cotton

Words derived from “pamba”

Every word from Middle Persian pmbk' →Every word from Persian پنبه →