قوغۇن

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic قوغۇن
Latin qoghun
Cyrillic қоғун

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قوغون (qoğun, melon),[1] from older قاغون (qağun), from Proto-Turkic *kagun (melon). Compare Uzbek qovun, Turkish kavun, Azerbaijani qovun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qoʁun/

Noun

قوغۇن • (qoghun) (plural قوغۇنلار (qoghunlar))

  1. Hami melon, Chinese Hami melon

Declension

Derived terms

  • قوغۇنلۇق (qoghunluq, Melon growing field)
  • قوغۇنچى (qoghunchi, Melon seller)
  • قوغۇنچىلىق (qoghunchiliq, buy and sell melon business)

References

  1. ^ Schluessel, Eric (2015) “melon”, in Digital glossary of Eastern Turki[1]