קאַווענע

Yiddish

Etymology

Possibly from a Turkic language. Compare Ukrainian каву́н (kavún), Turkish kavun, Tatar кавын (qawın), from Old Turkic kaguŋ‎, kabuŋ‎ (“melon”), from Proto-Turkic *kāgun.

Noun

קאַווענע • (kavene) f, plural קאַווענעס‎ (kavenes)

watermelon

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