Kabaks and Kharbuzes

Kabak

• Turkic
  • Turkish - kabak - squash
  • Uzbek - қовоқ /qɔ'wɔq/ - pumpkin
  • Tatar - кабак /qɒ'bɑq/ - pumpkin
  • Kazakh - қабақ /qɑ'bɑq/ - pumpkin, squash
• Russian - кабачок /kɐbɐ'tʃɔk/ - pumpkin
• Japanese - /kɑbotʃɑ/ - pumpkin, squash
• Yiddish - /kɑ'bɑk/ - squash
• Yoeme - kama - squash
• Georgian - KVAXI - squash

Kharbuz

• Turkic
  • Turkish - karpuz - watermelon
  • Uzbek - тарвуз /tɑr'wuz/ - watermelon
  • Tatar - карбыз /qɑr'bɯz/ - watermelon
  • Kazakh - қарбыз /qɒr'bɯz/ - watermelon
• Russian - арбуз /ɐr'buz/ - watermelon
• Yiddish - /ɑr'buz/ - watermelon
• German - Kürbis - pumpkin, squash
• Baltic
  • Latvian - arbūzs - watermelon
  • Lithuanian - arbūzas - watermelon
• Balkan Sprachbund and Caucasus
  • Greek - καρπουζι - watermelon
  • Albanian - karpuz - watermelon
  • Chechen - horbaz - watermelon
• Iberian
  • Basque - kalabaza - pumpkin, squash
  • Spanish - calabaza - pumpkin; calabazín - squash
• Indic
  • Urdu - /k^hɐr'buz/ - ~melon
  • Nepali - /k^hɐr'buzɐ/ - melon (all types)

Kavun

• Turkic
  • Turkish - kavun - melon
  • Uzbek - қовун /qɔ'wun/ - melon
  • Tatar - кавун /qɒ'wun/ - melon
• Yiddish - /'kɑvɛnɛ/ - watermelon

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