lana

Meaning

1. (declension-1) wool
2. (declension-1) spinning wool

Concepts

wool

batting

Synonyms

pluma

🪶

bombyx

lāna

vellus

Translations

Wolle

laine

lana

μαλλί

lã

lana

صوف

έριο

wol

yün

duvet

llana

kuştüyü

🪶

lana

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫaː.na]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *wlānā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos, “wool”), English wool and Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā, “wool”).