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بَطِّيخٌ

Root: بطخ

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بَطِّيخٌ , vulgarly and incorrectly pronounced بَطِّيخٌ, and in the dial. of El-Hijáz called طِبِّيخٌ, A certain well-known fruit; [the melon, absolutely, as is shown by many passages in the lexicons, and expressly stated in law-books: and, particularly, the water-melon; cucurbita citrullus: or a plant] of the kind called يَقْطِين, that does not grow tall, but extends itself upon the surface of the ground: and also the خِرْبِز [or خَرْبُز, a Persian word, and applied to the water-melon, by the Turks termed by this name, and in their own language قَارْپُوزْ]: or البِطِّيخُ الهِنْدِىُّ [the Indian بطّيخ] is what is called in Persian the خَرْبُز: [the term بطّيخ is applied to many varieties of the water-melon, distinguished by different epithets; as الأَحْمَرُ the red, الأَصْفَرُ the yellow, الأَبْيَضُ the white, الأَجْرَبُ the mangy, النَّمْشُ the speckled, البُرُلُّىُّ that of El-Burullus, &c.: it is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة.


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