Where does “ख़रबूज़ा” come from?

ख़रबूज़ा (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian خربوزه, from Middle Persian hlbyck.

ख़रबूज़ा (Hindi): melon: "usually" musk melon, "Cucumis melo"

Definitions

  1. melon: "usually" musk melon, "Cucumis melo"

Ancestry of “ख़रबूज़ा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianخربوزهmelon
2Middle Persianhlbyck—
Every word from Middle Persian hlbyck →Every word from Classical Persian خربوزه →
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