karpuz
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قارپوز (karpuz, “watermelon”), from Persian تربز (tarboz, “watermelon”) and likely influenced by Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”), both from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“pluck, harvest”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Ultimately related to English harvest.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karpuz (definite accusative karpuzu, plural karpuzlar)
- watermelon (plant and fruit)
- (in the plural, slang) breasts
Declension
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Persian
- Turkish terms derived from Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish slang
- tr:Fruits
- tr:Gourd family plants