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    We are still calling them pattishies, right?


    We are still calling them pattishies, right?

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    3. Fabulous-Yellow8331 on

      Honestly, I always call it karpouzi. My brothers and mom call it karpouzi too, my dad and grandparents do call it pattiha.

    5. MiltiadisCY on

      Παττιχα is the Cypriot word for Watermelon. Has nothing to do with size. Καρπούζι in Greek. Παττιχουα or Καρπουζακι, if you wanna be cute about it.

    8. glashaka on

      Pattixa en to arabikon onoman – Karpouzin to Tourjikon – sta ellinika i pattixa en Υδροπεπον

    9. Dizzy_Student_9627 on

      The word “pattiha” (or “battisha”) is the [Cypriot Greek](https://www.google.com/search?q=Cypriot+Greek&rlz=1C1GCEA_enCY1022CY1022&oq=pattiha+origin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigAdIBCTEwMDcxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfB6mte4oVV5bsbIe9iQozZwGypGGiCvdA7hf82jTqmCGXrjo5LHcQXYKvTLaxIPdF0HnYgN3wNRxNDXoNtkmV9TpTuNZGiTzlagnpVLln1zBU14fWLBBf4R6MNkh5vt1torc21vAaOBq-_r8Xb_XC6u4yuwq-PAfbkqiKN9ydWbzu0&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjpkr67-p6RAxWKQvEDHTs_OwkQgK4QegQIARAC) dialect word for [watermelon](https://www.google.com/search?q=watermelon&rlz=1C1GCEA_enCY1022CY1022&oq=pattiha+origin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigAdIBCTEwMDcxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfB6mte4oVV5bsbIe9iQozZwGypGGiCvdA7hf82jTqmCGXrjo5LHcQXYKvTLaxIPdF0HnYgN3wNRxNDXoNtkmV9TpTuNZGiTzlagnpVLln1zBU14fWLBBf4R6MNkh5vt1torc21vAaOBq-_r8Xb_XC6u4yuwq-PAfbkqiKN9ydWbzu0&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjpkr67-p6RAxWKQvEDHTs_OwkQgK4QegQIARAD) and comes from the [Arabic word “baṭṭīḥa”](https://www.google.com/search?q=Arabic+word+%22ba%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%AD%C4%AB%E1%B8%A5a%22&rlz=1C1GCEA_enCY1022CY1022&oq=pattiha+origin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigAdIBCTEwMDcxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfB6mte4oVV5bsbIe9iQozZwGypGGiCvdA7hf82jTqmCGXrjo5LHcQXYKvTLaxIPdF0HnYgN3wNRxNDXoNtkmV9TpTuNZGiTzlagnpVLln1zBU14fWLBBf4R6MNkh5vt1torc21vAaOBq-_r8Xb_XC6u4yuwq-PAfbkqiKN9ydWbzu0&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjpkr67-p6RAxWKQvEDHTs_OwkQgK4QegQIARAE) .The word was adopted because of historical contact with Arabic-speaking traders and regions where watermelons were imported from.

    11. existentialg on

      Pattishies is the plural form of Pattixa which is the Arabic word for watermelon bastardised into our dialect.

    12. phr34k0fr3dd1t on

      Pat + ihh

      You slap it (pat) and hear the sound it makes (ihh).

      The ones that “echo” are good and ready to eat.

      Thus, the pattiha!