Where does “بطيخ أصفر” come from?
بطيخ أصفر (North Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic أصفر, from Arabic أَصْفَر — yellow.
بطيخ أصفر (North Levantine Arabic): honeydew
Definitions
- honeydew
Ancestry of “بطيخ أصفر”, step by step
بطيخ أصفر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic أصفر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | أصفر | yellow; to empty, to void, to vacate, to... |
| 2 | Arabic | أَصْفَر | yellow |
via North Levantine Arabic بطّيخ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Levantine Arabic | بطّيخ | — |