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)

1. (regional) melon

Declension

Declension of karpuza

	singular	plural
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