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Where does “kavun” come from?

kavun (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاون, from Proto-Turkic kāgun.

kavun (Turkish): melon

Definitions

  1. melon

Ancestry of “kavun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاونmelon; lemon
2Proto-Turkickāgun—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kāgun →