Proto-South Dravidian : *parut-i
Meaning : cotton
Tamil : parutti
Tamil meaning : Indian cotton plant, Gossypium herbaceum; cotton
Tamil derivates : (?) pāram cotton plant
Malayalam : parutti
Malayalam meaning : cotton
Kannada : parti, paẓti, patti
Kannada meaning : cotton in the pod, cotton in general
Kodagu : parati
Kodagu meaning : cotton cloth
Tulu : parti
Tulu meaning : cotton
Number in DED : 3976
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,