тыква

Inherited from Old East Slavic тꙑкꙑ (tyky), from Proto-Slavic *tyky.

(head): Compare typologically ре́па (répa), коча́н (kočán).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɨkvə]
• Hyphenation: тык‧ва

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ты́ква • (týkva) f inan (genitive ты́квы, nominative plural ты́квы, genitive plural тыкв, relational adjective ты́квенный, diminutive ты́ковка)

1. pumpkin, cucurbit
2. gourd
3. (colloquial, derogatory) head

   Synonyms: ре́па (répa), бестолко́вка (bestolkóvka), коча́н (kočán), голова́ (golová)

• ты́квина f (týkvina)

Compounds:

• преврати́ться в ты́кву pf (prevratítʹsja v týkvu)

• → Buryat: тыквэ (tykve)
• → Evenki: тыква (tikwa)
• → Ingrian: tьkva
• → Khakas: тыква (tıkva)
• → Kildin Sami: тыква (tykva)
• → Southern Altai: тыква (tïkva)
• → Tuvan: тыква (tıkva)
• → Yakut: тыква (tïkva)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тыква”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “тыква”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 275

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “тыква”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Borrowed from Russian тыква (tykva).

тыква • (tïkva)

1. pumpkin

Although pumpkins are technically fruits, they, like tomatoes, are often thought of as vegetables, and are here categorized as both for the reader's convenience.