köken: Inherited from a Vulgar Latin *papura, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papir and papirus. Compare Megleno-Romanian papră.
cattail (any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places) · any article woven of cattail leaves and flower stalks, such as baskets, mats, etc.
çekim: çoğul gyékények
köken: From a Chuvash type Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹgen (“rush”).
aile: gyékényes, gyékényez, gyékényfélék, gyékénykosár, gyékényszőnyeg, egy gyékényen árul
köken: A Berber borrowing, originally spread in African Latin and then gradually replacing the native ulva, compare Kabyle tabuda (“Typha angustifolia”) etc., also Arabic بُرْدِيّ (burdiyy), بُوط (būṭ, “cattail”) from which some forms have later been reborrowed into Romance, listed there. There is an interpolation in the Dioscurides locus about θαψία (thapsía) after φέρουλα σιλβέστρις saying that the…
bulrush, cattail, reedmace (wetland plant of genus Typha)
çekim: çoğul папу́ри
köken: Borrowed from Romanian papură, ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰ́πῡρος (pắpūros), of unclear further origin. Doublet of папи́рус (papírus), meaning “papyrus” (borrowed directly from Greek).
From lis (“flag, water plant of genus Iris”) + dodde (“long, soft raceme”). The stem and leaves of cattails rather resemble the species of flag native to the Low Countries.