köken: From че́реп (čérep, “skull, crust”), the earlier term желвь (želvʹ) from Old East Slavic желꙑ (žely) was discontinued. According to the Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language, черепаха came into use very likely as taboo avoidance of желвь. Cognate with Belarusian чарапа́ха (čarapáxa), Ukrainian черепа́ха (čerepáxa). Compare typologically Latin testūdō (akin to testa). Also compare…
aile: черепашо́нок
Кто-нибудь знает, сколько лет самой старой черепахе? — En yaşlı tosbağanın kaç yaşında olduğunu bilen var mı?
a terrapin, or any other freshwater turtle · side-necked turtle (member of the Pleurodira suborder of turtles) · a slow or lazy person
çekim: çoğul cágados
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaça. Cognate with Galician cágado (“tadpole”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”). Doublet of Galápagos.
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거붑〮 (Yale: kèpwúp). Compare the *kep in 껍질 (kkeopjil, “skin, bark”), 껍데기 (kkeopdegi, “shell”).
aile: 거북꼬리, 거북목, 거북이, 땅거북, 돼지코거북, 방사거북, 사막거북
거북이 중에 가장 오래산 것이 몇 살인지 아시는 분 계세요? — En yaşlı tosbağanın kaç yaşında olduğunu bilen var mı?
turtle (any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body) · tortoise (any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae or the order Testudines, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron)) · terrapin (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
çekim: çoğul żółwie · tamlayan żółwia
eş: żelazna żaba
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ Old Polish żółw Polish żółw Inherited from Old Polish żółw.
turtle, tortoise, terrapin · old woman; prune (often in sexual context)
çekim: çoğul želvy · tamlayan želvy
eş: kocour, kočka
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva. First attested in the 19th century.
turtle, tortoise (any land or marine reptile with a shell)
çekim: çoğul skildpadder · tamlayan skildpaddes
köken: From Low German schiltpadde, composed of * schilt (“shield”), from Middle Low German schilt, from Old Saxon skild, and * Padde (“toad”). Compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde, Swedish sköldpadda, Dutch schildpad, German Schildpatt. Similar designations, but with different nouns as the second part, are German Schildkröte, English shield-toad.