Cotton or cotton fabric, especially as produced in Egypt or the Near East.
From Arabic 'bulak,' possibly from Persian, referring to the fine cotton produced in the region—related to the Egyptian cotton trade.
Bulak cotton was so famous in medieval times that the word traveled across continents in trade routes—high-quality Egyptian cotton was like the iPhone of textiles, worth premium prices.
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