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Generally accepted that the Turkish karpuz (watermelon) derived from Greek karpós καρπός (Fruit).
A big but:
Nisanyan points in addition to its possible 
origin, 2 
words out> kar-buz (Kar: snow/buz: ice)
He adds Armenian and Georgian watermelon words having similar etymo: Arm ձմերուկ karpuz < ձմեռ kış(winter) Geo საზამთრო karpuz < ზამთარი kış
In Mycenaean times there was a fruit like that, acc. to wiki.
Uzunbacak Adem
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