kaplumbağa
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaplumbağa (definite accusative kaplumbağayı, plural kaplumbağalar)