𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas (“turtle, tortoise”). Cognate with Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).

Noun

𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀 • (kasiiapa) m

1. a tortoise

References

• Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Tortoise”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎^[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 517