боамби

Ingush

Etymology

From Ossetian бӕмбӕг (bæmbæg).

Noun

боамби • (boambi)

  1. absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting
  2. cotton

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) “bæmbæg, bæmpæg”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 249–250
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