арбуз

Russian
арбуз

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish خربز‎ (harbüz), خربزه‎ (harbüze), Tatar карбыз (qarbız), Bashkir ҡарбуз (qarbuz), Turkish karpuz. Ultimately from Persian خربز‎ (xarboz). Cognate with Ukrainian гарбуз (harbuz).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐrˈbus]
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Noun

арбу́з • (arbúz) m inan (genitive арбу́за, nominative plural арбу́зы, genitive plural арбу́зов)

  1. watermelon
  2. (slang) milliard, billion

Declension
Declension of арбу́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative арбу́з
arbúz		 арбу́зы
arbúzy
genitive арбу́за
arbúza		 арбу́зов
arbúzov
dative арбу́зу
arbúzu		 арбу́зам
arbúzam
accusative арбу́з
arbúz		 арбу́зы
arbúzy
instrumental арбу́зом
arbúzom		 арбу́зами
arbúzami
prepositional арбу́зе
arbúze		 арбу́зах
arbúzax

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “арбуз”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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