karpuza

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kàrpuza f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рпуза)

  1. (regional) melon

Declension

References

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