гарбузъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Kipchak χarbuz, ultimately from Persian خَربُزِ (xarboz), خَربُزِه (xarboze), from Classical Persian خربوزه (xarbûza), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hlbyck' /⁠xarbīzag⁠/).

Noun

гарбузъ • (harbuz) m inan

1. pumpkin, cucurbit

Descendants

• Belarusian: гарбу́з (harbúz)
• Ukrainian: гарбу́з (harbúz); арбу́з (arbúz) (dialectal)
  • → Bongu: arbuz
  • → Latgalian: garbuzs, garbūzs
  • → Polish: harbuz, arbuz
  • → Romanian: harbuz

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “гарбузъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 509
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1985), “гарбузъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 6 (выостреный – глядати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 253
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “гарбузъ, варбузъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 192