karpuza

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish قارپوز (karpuz) (Turkish karpuz), from Persian خربزه (xarboze). Akin to karpūzī.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kǎrpuza/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧pu‧za

Noun[edit]

kàrpuza f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рпуза)

  1. (regional) melon

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 398