kaplumbağa
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editkaplumbağa (definite accusative kaplumbağayı, plural kaplumbağalar)