𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas (“turtle, tortoise”). Cognate with Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).

Noun

𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀 • (kasiiapa) m

  1. a tortoise

References

  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Tortoise”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 517
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.