•nap, pile (soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather) · pilling, pills (balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage) · fuzz (frizzy mass of hair or fibre)
vellus hair, or hair with similar characteristics · a whisker in a maturing state between vellus hair and terminal hair
çekim: çoğul fjuns · tamlayan fjuns
köken: Unknown origin. Possibly inherited from Old Norse fīƀuna- or fīṷuna-. Attested since 1538. Cognate with Norwegian fjon and fjun, and Danish fyn (“cottongrass”).
köken: From Proto-Germanic *fnukaz, cognate with Swedish fnåk, Swedish fnugg, Swedish fnagg, Norwegian fnokk, and Icelandic fnykur. The ultimate origin is obscure, but perhaps an expressive or imitative formation. Compare also English fluff.