karpuza
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قارپوز (karpuz) (Turkish karpuz), from Persian خربزه (xarboze). Akin to karpūzī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǎrpuza/
- Hyphenation: kar‧pu‧za
Noun
kàrpuza f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рпуза)
- (regional) melon
Declension
Declension of karpuza
singular | plural | |
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nominative | karpuza | karpuze |
genitive | karpuze | karpuza |
dative | karpuzi | karpuzama |
accusative | karpuzu | karpuze |
vocative | karpuzo | karpuze |
locative | karpuzi | karpuzama |
instrumental | karpuzom | karpuzama |
References
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 398