قُطُن (utun) — "cotton" in Levantine Arabic
قُطُن
ʔúʈun
cotton
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"cotton" in the other dialects
قُطُن in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
بابا بحب يلبس تي شيرت قطن بالصيف
Baba baḥebb yilbas ti-sheert qoṭon biṣ-ṣeif.
Dad likes to wear a cotton t-shirt in summer.
سامي قال بحب البس تي شيرت قطن
Sami aal: Baḥebb albass ti-sheert qoṭon.
Sami said: I like to wear a cotton t-shirt.
from The Laundry Problem
اخدنا كنزة قطن صغيرة وهلأ احمد سعيد
Akhadna kanze qoṭon ṣghiire w-halla' Ahmad saʿiid.
We took a small cotton sweater and now Ahmad is happy.
from Ahmad's Sweater
رنا قالت بحب البس تي شيرت قطن
Rana aalet baḥebb albass ti-sheert qoṭon.
Rana said, "I like to wear cotton t-shirts."
الجو كان بارد شوي فانا لبست كنزة قطن
El-jaww kaan baared shwayy fa-ana labast kanze qoṭon
The weather was a bit cold so I wore a cotton sweater
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