köken: Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin peponem (“pumpkin”).
aile: importar un pepino, pepino de mar, pepino de monte, pepino de relleno, pepino del diablo, pepino dulce
cucumber · stinker (a difficult exam, test, job, etc) · twerp, nerd (someone lacking social and intellectual skills)
çekim: çoğul αγγούρια · tamlayan αγγουριού
köken: From Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριν (angoúrin, “cucumber”), from Koine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion). Either diminutive of Ancient Greek ἄγγουρον (ángouron) from ἄγγουρος from ἄγουρος (ágouros) or alternatively from Arabic عَجُّور (ʕajjūr) (see synonym αντζούρι (antzoúri)) or from Persian "angarah" with [a > u] under the influence of [ŋɡ] and [r] phonetically similar to ἄγγουρος (ángouros)
köken: First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 외〯 (Yale: wǒy). Possibly cognate with Japanese 瓜 (uri, “gourd, squash, melon”); compare other terms in the Japonic family, such as Kikai 瓜 (ui) and Yoron 瓜 (ui).
throat, gullet · throat (front part of the neck) · throat (narrow opening)
çekim: çoğul kurkut · tamlayan kurkun
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kurkku (compare Estonian, Livonian, and Veps kurk), borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kwerku), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (compare Old Norse kverk, Swedish Kvarken), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (compare Erzya кирьга (kiŕga)).
köken: Akin to surnames Vokurka, Vogurka, Old Czech oharek (since c. 1410), Slovak uhorka, Old Polish ogurek (since 1394), Polish ogórek, all perhaps from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) or a related form. Derivative wokurko[we] attested around mid-15th century.