**Abstract**

In textiles of natural fibres, absorbency and wicking are considered as most indigenous liquid transmission properties, which play significant role in assessing the comfort of textile garments as well as in functioning of technical textiles. To explain the general principles of absorbency and wicking and their related parameters, a review of different theories is illustrated. Various structural aspects of textile intermediates such as yarn and fabric on wicking are discussed. An experimental analysis is also described to understand the wicking phenomena on fabrics in multiple directions such as warp-way, weft-way and diagonally for varying weave forms. A critical evaluation is presented for establish the wicking behaviour between these fabrics and their constituted yarns having preferred twisted forms such as single and ply. A unique representation of correlation matrices is shown to interrelate the yarn and fabric wicking.

**Keywords:** natural fibre, absorbency, wicking, capillary action, fabric structure
