*bVṭṭīḥ-: 'melon, watermelon'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*bVṭṭīḥ-
Meaning	'melon, watermelon'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	ʔăbaṭṭīaḥ (pl. ʔăbaṭṭiḥîm) (HALOT 4)	HALOT 4	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	paṭīḥā 'a melon, pumpkin' (Payne Smith 442)	Payne Smith 442

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Notes

Culture word (plant name). HALOT 4 also cites MHeb. baṭṭīaḥ, Syr. paṭṭīḥā and Arb. *ba/iṭṭīḫ (Fraenkel 140). LGz. 113 takes Gz. baṭṭiḫ 'melon, squash' from Arabic, of Syriac origin, and finds the root also in Heb. ʔăbaṭṭīaḥ. Syriac p against b.

Updated 22 October 2026

*bVṭṭīḥ-: 'melon, watermelon'

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