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Fruit names in Turkish and their etymology

banana | muz | Arabic and Persian origin from old Persian (mūz)

pomegranate | nar | Persian origin (nār/anār)

grape | üzüm | old Turkic origin (üz)

apple | elma | old Turkic origin (almıla)

melon | kavun | old Turkic origin (kağuŋ)

kiwi | kivi | English origin / kiwi fruit (Actinia chinesis), was so called in U.S. from c.1966 when it was imported there, but it is known in New Zealand as Chinese gooseberry (1925).

cherry | kiraz | Greek origin (kerási)

plum | erik | old Persian origin (alūg)

strawberry | çilek | Turkic (çigelek)

orange | portakal | Italian origin (Portogallo = Portugal)

raspberry | ahududu | Persian and Arabic origin (ahu + dutu)

blackberry | böğürtlen | old Turkic origin

sour cherry | vişne | Bulgarian origin, taken from Russian (víšnja)
apricot | kayısı | Arabic origin (ḳaysī)

mulberry | dut | Arabic origin, taken from Aramaic (tūt)

fig | incir | Persian origin (ancīr)

tangerine | mandalina | French origin (mandarine)

watermelon | karpuz | Persian origin, taken from Greek (χarbūze)

pear | armut | Persian origin (amrūd)

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