calabash

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromत्रपुस“colocynth fruit”
2. Persian · derived fromخربزه“melon”
3. Arabic · derived fromقَرْعَةٌ يَابِسَةٌ“dry gourd”
4. Spanish · derived fromcalabaza“gourd; pumpkin”
5. French · derived fromcalebasse
6. English todaycalabash

From French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza (“gourd; pumpkin”), possibly from Arabic قَرْعَةٌ يَابِسَةٌ (qarʕatun yābisatun, “dry gourd”) or directly from its etymon Persian خربزه (xarboze, “melon”), possibly ultimately from Sanskrit त्रपुस (trapusa, “colocynth fruit”) (compare Persian تربزه (tarboze, “watermelon”)). The English word is cognate with Catalan carabassa (“pumpkin; orange colour”), Galician cabaza (“gourd, pumpkin, squash; calabash (container)”), Occitan calebasso, carabasso, carbasso, Portuguese cabaça (“gourd; calabash (container)”), Sicilian caravazza (and caramazza).

Words from the same roots