kapok (silky fiber obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.) · life jacket (article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water)
çekim: çoğul kapoki · tamlayan kapoka
köken: Internationalism; compare English kapok, French kapok, German Kapok, ultimately from Malay kapuk.
the bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork · the shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body · life preserver (made of bark)
çekim: çoğul corticēs · tamlayan corticis
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). See also scortum (“skin, hide”).