арбуз

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арбуз

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic арбузъ (arbuzŭ), via Turkic from Persian خربز (xarboz).

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Noun

арбу́з (arbúzm inan (genitive арбу́за, nominative plural арбу́зы, genitive plural арбу́зов, relational adjective арбу́зный, diminutive арбу́зик, augmentative арбу́зище)

  1. watermelon
    • 1909–1915, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “Часть третья, IV”, in Яма; English translation from Bernard Guilbert Guerney, transl., The Pit, (Please provide a date or year):
      Наклоня́ясь ритми́чески вниз, он, не гля́дя, принима́л в о́бе ру́ки холо́дный, упру́гий, тяжё́лый арбу́з, раска́чивал его́ впра́во и, то́же почти́ не гля́дя и́ли гля́дя то́лько кра́ем гла́за, швыря́л его́ вниз и сейча́с же опя́ть нагиба́лся за сле́дующим арбу́зом.
      Naklonjájasʹ ritmíčeski vniz, on, ne gljádja, prinimál v óbe rúki xolódnyj, uprúgij, tjažólyj arbúz, raskáčival jevó vprávo i, tóže počtí ne gljádja íli gljádja tólʹko krájem gláza, švyrjál jevó vniz i sejčás že opjátʹ nagibálsja za slédujuščim arbúzom.
      Bending downward rhythmically, he, without looking, received with both hands the cold, springy, heavy watermelon; swung it to the right; and, also almost without looking, or looking only out of the corner of his eye, tossed it downward, and immediately once again bent down for the next watermelon.
    • 1952, “Сладкие блюда. Арбузы”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):
      На ю́ге при́нят тако́й спо́соб консерви́рования арбу́зов: их аккура́тно нака́лывают о́строй па́лочкой и залива́ют раство́ром пова́ренной со́ли.
      Na júge prínjat takój spósob konservírovanija arbúzov: ix akkurátno nakályvajut óstroj páločkoj i zalivájut rastvórom povárennoj sóli.
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  2. (slang) milliard, billion

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Descendants

  • Estonian: arbuus
  • Finnish: arbuusi
  • Ingrian: arbuza
  • Latvian: arbūzs
  • Lithuanian: arbūzas
  • Polish: arbuz
  • Volga German: Erbus

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “арбуз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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