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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاپلومبغه (kaplumbağa), with the epenthesis of /m/ from earlier قاپلو بغه (kaplu bağa, literally “shelled turtle”). By surface analysis, kaplı (“covered”) + bağa (“turtle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapˈɫʊm.baː/
- Hyphenation: kap‧lum‧ba‧ğa
Noun
kaplumbağa (definite accusative kaplumbağayı, plural kaplumbağalar)
- turtle, tortoise
- kara kaplumbağası tortoise
- su kaplumbağası freshwater turtle
- deniz kaplumbağası sea turtle
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