խարբիզակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խաբըրզակ (xabərzak) Julfa, dialectological notation
  • խարբուզակ (xarbuzak) Tbilisi, dialectological notation
  • հըրբըզօ̈՛կ (hərbəzö́k) Agulis, dialectological notation
  • խա̈բիրձա̈կ (xäbirjäk) Havarik, dialectological notation

Etymology

From Middle Armenian խարպիզակ (xarpizak).

Pronunciation

Noun

խարբիզակ • (xarbizak) (dialectal)

  1. melon (the fruit of Cucumis melo)
    Synonym: սեխ (sex)
    • 1789, Petros Kʻalantʻarean (J̌ułayecʻi), Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] :[1]
      Ցիթրուլի սէմէն․ է անուն սերմանն խարբիզակի․ հովացուցիչ դեղ։
      Cʻitʻruli sēmēn; ē anun sermann xarbizaki; hovacʻucʻičʻ deġ.
      Citruli semen = Is the name of the melon seed; [it is a] cooling drug.

Declension

References

  1. Kʻalantʻarean, Petros (1793) Bžškaran hamaṙōt [Brief Medical Book] (in Armenian), Nor Nakhichevan: tp. S. Xačʻ vankʻi, page 126

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