arbuus

== Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian арбуз (arbuz), from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish خربز (harbüz), خربزه (harbüze), Tatar карбыз (qarbız), Bashkir ҡарбуз (qarbuz), Turkish karpuz, Ukrainian гарбуз (harbuz). Ultimately from Persian خربز (xarboz). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑrˈb̥uːs/, [ɑrˈb̥uːs] === Noun === arbuus (genitive arbuusi, partitive arbuusi) watermelon (plant) Synonym: vesimelon watermelon (fruit) Synonym: vesimelon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “arbuus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “arbuus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “arbuus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN arbuus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)