Kiar

Kiar arabice vel kaiar cucumer vel citrulus.

Translation:

Kiar or kaiar is the Arabic word for Latin cucumer {"cucumber"} or citrulus {"water melon"}.

Commentary:

Wehr (1976): خيار/ ḫiyār/ "cucumber". Siggel (1950: 33): خيار /ḫiyār/ Cucumis sativa (Cucurbitac.), Gurke {i.e. "cucumber"}

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