kaplumbağa

== Turkish == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kapˈɫʊm.baː/ Hyphenation: kap‧lum‧ba‧ğa === Noun === kaplumbağa (definite accusative kaplumbağayı, plural kaplumbağalar) turtle, tortoise, Testudines Synonym: tosbağa kara kaplumbağası ― tortoise su kaplumbağası ― freshwater turtle deniz kaplumbağası ― sea turtle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kurbağa