קאַווענע

Yiddish

Etymology

From a Slavic language, like Ukrainian каву́н (kavún) or Polish kawon, ultimately from a Turkic language (compare Turkish kavun, Tatar кавын (qawın), from Old Turkic kaguŋ‎ (kaguŋ), kabuŋ‎ (kabuŋ, “melon”), from Proto-Turkic *kāgun).

Noun

קאַווענע • (kavene) f, plural קאַווענעס‎ (kavenes)

  1. watermelon
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