Where does “قارپوز” come from?

قارپوز (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian خربز, from Classical Persian خربوزه, from Middle Persian hlbyck.

قارپوز (Ottoman Turkish): melon

Definitions

  1. melon

Ancestry of “قارپوز”, step by step

قارپوز traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خربز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianخربزAlternative form of خربزه; melon
2Classical Persianخربوزهmelon
3Middle Persianhlbyck—

via Persian خربزه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخربزهmelon
2Middle Persianhlbyck'watermelon

Words derived from “قارپوز”

Every word from Middle Persian hlbyck →Every word from Classical Persian خربوزه →Every word from Persian خربز →