قورباغه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قوربغا‎ (kurbağa)

Etymology

Possibly from قور‎ (kur, “wooing”) +‎ باغه‎ (bağa, “turtle”).

Noun

قورباغه • (kurbağa)

frog

Descendants

Turkish: kurbağa
→ Kazakh: құрбақа (qūrbaqa)
→ Persian: قورباغه‎ (qurbâğe)
→ Tajik: қурбоққа (qurboqqa)

Persian

قورباغه

Etymology

Possibly from Ottoman Turkish قورباغه‎ (kurbağa), but compare Dari Persian ‎ (kôrbaqa).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɢuːɾbɒːˈɣe]

Noun

قورباغه • (qurbâğe) (plural قورباغه‌ها‎ (qurbâğe-hâ))

frog
Synonyms: وک‎ (vak), غوک‎ (ğuk), چغز‎ (čağz)

Derived terms

بچه قورباغه‎

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