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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دولك (devlek), dialectally pronounced dövlek.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dovleac m (plural dovleci)
- pumpkin
- Synonyms: (Moldavia) bostan; curcubetă
Declension
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References
- ^ Emil Suciu, “Contacts linguistiques : turc et roumain”, Romanische Sprachgeschichte: Ein internationales Handbuch zur Geschichte der romanischen Sprachen, vol. 2, eds. Gerhard Ernst et al. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2006), 1673-6.