kertenkele

See also: kərtənkələ

Turkish

Etymology

With double metathesis from *krekentele, from Byzantine Greek κροκόδιλος (krokódilos, “crocodile”).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

kertenkele (definite accusative kertenkeleyi, plural kertenkeleler)

  1. lizard

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kertenkele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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