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All plants of Cucurbita spec., zucchini included, are New World plants only introduced to the Old World after the discovery of the Americas; the Arabic term is applied from its similar appearance to its Old World relatives in the genus Cucumis.
Eilers derives from Persianکوسه(kuse, “man with little or no beard”), thus literally "hairless smooth fruit". Typologically compare Armenianսմբուկ(smbuk, “eggplant”, literally “smooth one?”).
Eilers, Wilhelm (1953) Der alte Name des persischen Neujahrsfestes (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 1953.2) (in German), Mainz: Verl. der Akad. der Wiss. und der Literatur, page 10, footnote 1
Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
كوسا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar