بطخ

بَطِّيخٌ بطيخ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) vulgarly and incorrectly pronounced بَطِّيخٌ, (ISk, Msb,) and in the dial. of El-Hijáz called طِبِّيخٌ, (Msb,) A certain well-known fruit; (Msb;) [the melon, absolutely, as is shown by many passages in the lexicons, and expressly stated in law-books: and, particularly, the water-melon; cucurbita citrullus: or a plant ] of the kind called يَقْطِين, that does not grow tall, but extends itself upon the surface of the ground: (K, TA:) and also the خِرْبِز [or خَرْبُز, a Persian word, and applied to the water-melon, by the Turks termed by this name, and in their own language قَارْPُوزْ]: (CK: [but not found by me in my MS. copy of the K, nor in the L, nor in the TA:]) or البِطِّيخُ الهِنْدِىُّ [the Indian بطّيخ] is what is called in Persian the خَرْبُز: (Mgh:) [the term بطّيخ is applied to many varieties of the water-melon, distinguished by different epithets; as الأَحْمَرُ the red, الأَصْفَرُ the yellow, الأَبْيَضُ the white, الأَجْرَبُ the mangy, النَّمْشُ the speckled, البُرُلُّىُّ that of El-Burullus, &c.: it is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة. (S, K.)