pongee

(pän jē, pun-; pän)

noun

  1. a soft, thin cloth of Chinese or Indian silk, usually left in its natural light-brown color
  2. any cloth like this

Origin: < Mandarin Chin dial. pen-chi, one’s own loom

See pongee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A soft thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an imitation thereof.

Origin:

Origin: Chinese (Mandarin) běn zhī, homemade fabric

Origin: : běn, root, original, one's own

Origin: + zhī, to weave, spin

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