قاون

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kagun.

Noun

قاون (kavun, kavın)

  1. melon
  2. lemon
    Synonym: لیمون (limon)

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قاون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3603

Turkmen

Noun

قاون (gawun)

  1. Arabic spelling of gawun (melon)