katun

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katun (plural katuns)

1. A medieval self-governing community in the Balkans, associated with cattle farming.

From Dutch katoen (“cotton”), from Middle Dutch catoen, from older cotoen, from Old French coton, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatun/
• Hyphenation: ka‧tun

katun (first-person possessive katunku, second-person possessive katunmu, third-person possessive katunnya)

1. (textiles) cotton, the textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant.

In Indonesia, cotton in sense of fabric called katun, while cotton in sense of plant and fiber called kapas.

• katoen (superseded spelling)

• “katun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.