قاوون
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاون (kavun, “melon”), from Proto-Turkic *kagun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaː.wuːn/
Noun
قَاوُون • (qāwūn) m (collective, singulative قَاوُونَة f (qāwūna), plural قَوَاوِين (qawāwīn))
- cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupo and its fruit)
- honeydew melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)
- 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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