Where does “bostan” come from?

bostan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوستان, from Persian بوستان, from Middle Persian bwdstʾn'.

bostan (Serbo-Croatian): watermelon; melon; melon patch or melon garden

Definitions

  1. watermelon; melon; melon patch or melon garden

Ancestry of “bostan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوستانgarden; garden patch, garden bed
2Persianبوستانgarden
3Middle Persianbwdstʾn'—
Every word from Middle Persian bwdstʾn' →Every word from Persian بوستان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوستان →