כַּרְפַּס

כַּרְפַּס noun masculine cotton (or fine linen (loan-word from Sanskrit karpâsa, cotton, Persian fine linen; hence also κάρπασος, carbasus, Arabic Talmud כָּרְפְּסָא; compare Lag^{Arm. Stud. § 1148}); — וּתְכֵלֶת ׳חוּר כ Esth 1:6 (ᵐ5 καρπασίνοις): compare Cels.^{Hierob. ii. 157 ff}.