لاک‌پشت

Persian

Etymology

لاک‌پشت

From (lâk, “trough”) +‎ (pošt, “back”), literally “(animal having) a trough on its back.

Noun

لاک‌پشت • (lâk-pošt)

a turtle or tortoise
Synonyms: کَشَف (kašaf), سنگ‌پُشت (sangpošt), باخه (bâxe)

Derived terms

لاک‌پشتی (lâk-pošti, “sluggish, glacial”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لاک‌پشت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Asatrian, Garnik, Hakobian, Gohar (2018) “On *-d- > -l- and *-š- > -l- in Western New Iranian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, page 304

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