kaplumbağa

Betekenis (Engels)

turtle, tortoise, Testudines

Concepten

schildpad

schildpadden

landschildpad

Synoniemen

tosbağa

Vertalingen

tortue

Schildkröte

🐢

turtle

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

tortuga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

testudo

tortoise

tortuga

🐢

χελώνα

سلحفاة

🐢

سُلَحْفَاة

testuggine

kûsî

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kapˈɫʊm.baː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: قاپلومبغه

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاپلومبغه (kaplumbağa), with the epenthesis of /m/ from earlier قاپلو بغه (kaplu bağa, literally “shield-toad”). By surface analysis, kaplı (“covered”) + bağa (“toad”).