قاوون

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاون (kavun, “melon”), from Proto-Turkic *kagun.

Pronunciation

Noun

قَاوُون • (qāwūn) m (collective, singulative قَاوُونَة f (qāwūna), plural قَوَاوِين (qawāwīn))

  1. cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupo and its fruit)
  2. honeydew melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)
  3. bitter melon (Momordica charantia and its fruit)

Usage notes

The meaning depends on the regiolect.

Declension

Declension of noun قَاوُون (qāwūn)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَاوُون
qāwūn 		الْقَاوُون
al-qāwūn 		قَاوُون
qāwūn
Nominative قَاوُونٌ
qāwūnun 		الْقَاوُونُ
al-qāwūnu 		قَاوُونُ
qāwūnu
Accusative قَاوُونًا
qāwūnan 		الْقَاوُونَ
al-qāwūna 		قَاوُونَ
qāwūna
Genitive قَاوُونٍ
qāwūnin 		الْقَاوُونِ
al-qāwūni 		قَاوُونِ
qāwūni
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَاوُونَة
qāwūna 		الْقَاوُونَة
al-qāwūna 		قَاوُونَة
qāwūnat
Nominative قَاوُونَةٌ
qāwūnatun 		الْقَاوُونَةُ
al-qāwūnatu 		قَاوُونَةُ
qāwūnatu
Accusative قَاوُونَةً
qāwūnatan 		الْقَاوُونَةَ
al-qāwūnata 		قَاوُونَةَ
qāwūnata
Genitive قَاوُونَةٍ
qāwūnatin 		الْقَاوُونَةِ
al-qāwūnati 		قَاوُونَةِ
qāwūnati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَاوُونَتَيْن
qāwūnatayn 		الْقَاوُونَتَيْن
al-qāwūnatayn 		قَاوُونَتَيْ
qāwūnatay
Nominative قَاوُونَتَانِ
qāwūnatāni 		الْقَاوُونَتَانِ
al-qāwūnatāni 		قَاوُونَتَا
qāwūnatā
Accusative قَاوُونَتَيْنِ
qāwūnatayni 		الْقَاوُونَتَيْنِ
al-qāwūnatayni 		قَاوُونَتَيْ
qāwūnatay
Genitive قَاوُونَتَيْنِ
qāwūnatayni 		الْقَاوُونَتَيْنِ
al-qāwūnatayni 		قَاوُونَتَيْ
qāwūnatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَاوُونَات
qāwūnāt 		الْقَاوُونَات
al-qāwūnāt 		قَاوُونَات
qāwūnāt
Nominative قَاوُونَاتٌ
qāwūnātun 		الْقَاوُونَاتُ
al-qāwūnātu 		قَاوُونَاتُ
qāwūnātu
Accusative قَاوُونَاتٍ
qāwūnātin 		الْقَاوُونَاتِ
al-qāwūnāti 		قَاوُونَاتِ
qāwūnāti
Genitive قَاوُونَاتٍ
qāwūnātin 		الْقَاوُونَاتِ
al-qāwūnāti 		قَاوُونَاتِ
qāwūnāti
Plural of variety basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَاوِين
qawāwīn 		الْقَوَاوِين
al-qawāwīn 		قَوَاوِين
qawāwīn
Nominative قَوَاوِينُ
qawāwīnu 		الْقَوَاوِينُ
al-qawāwīnu 		قَوَاوِينُ
qawāwīnu
Accusative قَوَاوِينَ
qawāwīna 		الْقَوَاوِينَ
al-qawāwīna 		قَوَاوِينَ
qawāwīna
Genitive قَوَاوِينَ
qawāwīna 		الْقَوَاوِينِ
al-qawāwīni 		قَوَاوِينِ
qawāwīni

Descendants

  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: qawin, qawûn

References

  • “قاوون” in Almaany
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قاوون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 296
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاوون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 864
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قاوون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 994
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