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
Declension of karpuza
singular plural
nominative karpuza karpuze
genitive karpuze karpuza
dative karpuzi karpuzama
accusative karpuzu karpuze
vocative karpuzo karpuze
locative karpuzi karpuzama
instrumental karpuzom karpuzama

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