تربز
Persian
Alternative forms
- تربزه (tarboze), تربوز (tarbuz), تربوزه (tarbuze)
Etymology
Possibly a metathesized and zetacized derivative of Sanskrit त्रपुस (trapusa, “colocynth fruit”) (compare خَربُز).
Noun
Dari | تَربُوز، هِندِوانَه |
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Iranian Persian | هِندِوانِه، خَربُز |
Tajik | тарбуз |
تربز • (tarboz) (plural تربزها (tarboz-hâ))
- (archaic, dialectal or nonstandard) watermelon
Descendants
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20) (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1590
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