خربز

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خربز (xarboz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xir.biz/

Noun

خِرْبِز • (ḵirbiz) m (uncountable)

1. honeydew melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)

Declension

Declension of noun خِرْبِز (ḵirbiz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِرْبِز ḵirbiz	الْخِرْبِز al-ḵirbiz	خِرْبِز ḵirbiz
Nominative	خِرْبِزٌ ḵirbizun	الْخِرْبِزُ al-ḵirbizu	خِرْبِزُ ḵirbizu
Accusative	خِرْبِزًا ḵirbizan	الْخِرْبِزَ al-ḵirbiza	خِرْبِزَ ḵirbiza
Genitive	خِرْبِزٍ ḵirbizin	الْخِرْبِزِ al-ḵirbizi	خِرْبِزِ ḵirbizi

Hijazi Arabic

خِرْبز

Etymology

From Persian خربز (xarboz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xir.biz/, [xɪr.bɪz]

Noun

خربز • (ḵirbiz) m (collective, singulative خِرْبِزة f (ḵirbiza))

1. honeydew melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)
2. melon

See also

• شَمَّام (šammām, “cantaloupe”)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xaɾ.buz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.bʊz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.bʊz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.bʊz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.buz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæɹ.boz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäɾ.buz]

Readings
Classical reading?	xarbuz
Iranian reading?	xarboz
Tajik reading?	xarbuz

Noun

خربز • (xarboz) (plural خربزها (xarboz-hâ))

1. Alternative form of خربزه (xarboze)