арбуз

Russian

арбуз

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic арбузъ (arbuzŭ), via Turkic from Persian خربز (xarboz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐrˈbus]
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Noun

арбу́з • (arbúz) m inan (genitive арбу́за, nominative plural арбу́зы, genitive plural арбу́зов, relational adjective арбу́зный, diminutive арбу́зик, augmentative арбу́зище)

  1. watermelon
  2. (slang) milliard, billion

Declension

Descendants

  • Estonian: arbuus
  • Finnish: arbuusi
  • Ingrian: arbuza
  • Latvian: arbūzs
  • Lithuanian: arbūzas
  • Polish: arbuz
  • Volga German: Erbus

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “арбуз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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