Kabaks and Kharbuzes

Kabak

• Turkic
  • Turkish - kabak - squash
  • Uzbek - ????? /q?'w?q/ - pumpkin
  • Tatar - ????? /q?'b?q/ - pumpkin
  • Kazakh - ????? /q?'b?q/ - pumpkin, squash
• Russian - ??????? /k?b?'t??k/ - pumpkin
• Japanese - /k?bot??/ - pumpkin, squash
• Yiddish - /k?'b?k/ - squash
• Yoeme - kama - squash
• Georgian - KVAXI - squash

Kharbuz

• Turkic
  • Turkish - karpuz - watermelon
  • Uzbek - ?????? /t?r'wuz/ - watermelon
  • Tatar - ?????? /q?r'b?z/ - watermelon
  • Kazakh - ?????? /q?r'b?z/ - watermelon
• Russian - ????? /?r'buz/ - watermelon
• Greek - <math>\kappa\alpha\rho\pi o\upsilon\zeta\iota</math> - watermelon
• Yiddish - /?r'buz/ - watermelon
• German - Kürbis - pumpkin, squash
• Chechen - horbaz - watermelon
• Basque - kalabaza - pumpkin, squash
• Urdu - /k^h?r'buz/ - ~melon
• Nepali - /k^h?r'buz?/ - melon (all types)

Kavun

• Turkic
  • Turkish - kavun - melon
  • Uzbek - ????? /q?'wun/ - melon
  • Tatar - ????? /q?'wun/ - melon
• Yiddish - /'k?v?n?/ - watermelon

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