אבטיחא

Aramaic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Hebrew אבטיח ('avaṭíaḥ).

Noun

אבטיחא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבטיחיא)

1. watermelon

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons