Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic بَرْقُوق ‎(barqūq, “plums”), a borrowing from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία ‎(berikokkía, pl.), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκιον ‎(praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia ‎(pl.), (mālum) praecoquum, neuter of Latin (persicum) praecox ‎(literally “over-ripe peach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrˈʔuːʔɐ/