/avaˈtiaχ/eril
İBRANICE → TR
Tanım
•watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds) · watermelon (a plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit) · some species of fruit similar to the modern watermelon or melon
Etimoloji
Cognate with Aramaic אֲבַטִּיחָא and Arabic بَطِيخ (baṭīḵ), mentioned once, in the plural form, in the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 11:5 "זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם; אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים". In the King James Version, אבטיחים is translated into "melons" rather than "watermelons": "We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the…