желва

From Proto-Slavic *žely, *žьlva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒeɫvə]

же́лва • (žélva) f (diminutive же́лка)

1. (dialectal) tortoise, turtle (reptile of order Testudines)

   Synonym: костену́рка (kostenúrka)

Bulgarian makes no implicit distinction between terrestrial and aquatic Testudines. If specification is needed, it is made explicitly:

• во́дна же́лва (vódna žélva, “aquatic turtle”)
• сухозе́мна же́лва (suhozémna žélva, “terrestrial turtle”)

• жъ́лва (žǎ́lva) – dialectal

• желвеница (želvenica) (obsolete)
  • → живеница (živenica, “scrofula”) (type of skin disease)

• желва¹ in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “желва¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 532

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
• Hyphenation: жел‧ва

же̑лва̄ f (Latin spelling žȇlvā)

1. sea turtle