Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel:

Katoen

H.W.F. Gesenius , Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, , [1979], 416,
כַּרְפַּס fine, white linen , or cotton cloth, Est. 1:6; Arab. كُرْفُسُ, Pers. كرباس, Gr. κάρπασος, Lat. carbasus, a species of fine linen, or flax, which is mentioned by classic writers as being produced in the East and in India, Sanscr. karpâsa, cotton; see Celsii Hierobot. t. ii. page 157.
R. Laird Harris , Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, , [2003], 1045, כַּרְפַּס (karpas) cotton or fine linen (Est 1:6).
Daan Smit , Planten uit de Bijbel, Een inventarisatie en beschrijving, [1992], p. 89,
Michael Zohary , Plants of the Bible, , [1983], 79, Cotton
Blog , Abnormal Interests, October 3, 2008, Friday Loanword: / Bonus loanword kitû
Charles Halton at Awilum notes that Akkadain kitû, meaning "flax" or "linen," was no doubt borrowed from Sumerian KID, "reed mat." The root shows up in West Semitic languages with the meaning "tunic" or the like. And Greek, even very early Greek, has a reflex of the West Semitic word with the meaning "tunic." I think we are dealing with a Mediterranean culture word, based on the Akkadian, in Ugaritic, Hebrew and Greek and not exactly a loan. If it were a loan word, it arrived very early in the development of these languages. But who knows.
Lytton John Musselman , All the Plants of the Bible, , cotton