karpuz

Meaning

1. watermelon (plant and fruit)
2. (in-plural,slang) breasts

Hyphenated as

kar‧puz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑɾˈpuz/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارپوز (karpuz, “watermelon”), from Persian تربز (tarboz, “watermelon”) and likely influenced by Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”), both from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“pluck, harvest”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Ultimately related to English harvest.

Sentences

Hadi ama , daha karpuz kesecektik.

Come on, we were just going to cut watermelon.

Karpuz kabuğuyla büyüyen eşeğin ölümü sudan olur .

The death of the donkey growing with watermelon peel is caused by water.

Öğleyin şöyle on dakika dinlenip biraz ekmekle yarım karpuz yemiş , hemen işe başlamıştı.

At noon, he rested for ten minutes, ate some bread and half a watermelon, and immediately started working.