لاک‌پشت

Persian

Etymology

لاک‌پشت

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

Noun

لاک‌پشت • (lâk-pošt)

1. 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^[1], volume 22, number 3, →DOI, page 304