silk

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
2. (countable, uncountable) A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
3. (countable, uncountable) Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
4. (countable, uncountable) The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
6. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
7. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

Verb

To remove the silk from (corn).

Têgeh

herîr

qez

ئاوریشم

kej

ئاورشین

hevrîşim

îpek

armûş

Hevwate

silken

silky

of silk

silk-

linen

hair

silk cloth

cotton

light

linseed

muslin

natural silk

nylon

old

🧓

pongee

rayon

reins

ribbon

🎀

sarcenet

satin

silk cord

silk hat

silks

silk thread

strap

textile

tissue

embroidery thread

filamentus

sarsenet

a silk gown

thin silk

brocade

cocoon fiber

chiffon

clothing

coarse

etc.

fabric

filament

hemp

Werger

soie

seda

Seide

seta

seda

zijde

μετάξι

ipek

seda

حرير

zij

👩

seda

soyeux

seiden

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/sɪlk/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: silk

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: sioloc

Hevwate bi Old Norse: silki

Hevwate bi danmarkî: silke

Hevwate bi swêdî: silke

Hevwate bi rûsî: шёлк

Hevwate bi lîtwanî: zilkaĩ

Hevwate bi çînî: 絲

In summary

From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian шёлк (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkai̇̃), all ultimately from Late Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 /丝 (sī, “silk”)). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric and serge.