keten

Meaning

1. flax (plant)
2. linen

Concepts

flax

linen

linseed

common flax

lint

wheaten

Synonyms

lepiska

soluk sarı

ketenden yapılmış

Translations

Flachs

lin

linho

lino

vlas

lino

lli

Lein

كَتَّان

linum

lin cultivé

λινάρι

flachsfarben

flachsartig

Gemeiner Lein

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: كتان

Cognate with Akkadian: kitûm

Cognate with Sumerian: 𒃰

Cognate with Classical Armenian: կտաւ

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كتان, from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān), from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā, “flax; linen”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (kītum, “mat”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (ᵍⁱkid, “mat”) and Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, “flax”).