قارپوز

Ottoman Turkish
قارپوز

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خربز (xarboz), variant of خربزه (xarboze, “melon”).

Noun

قارپوز • (karpuz) (plural قارپوزلر (karpuzlar))

  1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Derived terms
  • ایر قارپوزی (eyer karpuzı, “upright projection of a saddle”)
  • قارپوز بالغی (karpuz balığı, “sea urchin”)
  • قارپوز فنر (karpuz fener, “globular paper lantern”)

Descendants

Further reading
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