How to Say "Panda" in Turkish

panda

/panda/from spelling rules

The Turkish word for panda is panda.

panda refers to the animal Ailuropoda melanoleuca, also known as the giant panda.

Meaning: Ailuropoda melanoleuca (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The pronunciation is /panda/. The /p/ sound is like the [p] in the English word [p]an, and the /n/ sound is like the [n] in the English word [n]ot.

Because Turkish is an agglutinative language, the word panda can be transformed into a variety of meanings by adding suffixes, such as pandalarımız to say 'our pandas'.
The word 'panda' is gender-neutral in Turkish, as the language does not have grammatical genders like 'he', 'she' or 'it' for animals.
In Turkish, the word panda is used for both the giant panda and the red panda, but the latter is more specifically called küçük panda, which means 'small panda'.

Hiç panda gördün mü?
Have you ever seen a panda?
This sentence is useful for asking if someone has ever seen a panda.
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Ben bir panda değilim.
I am not a panda.
This sentence is useful for stating that you are not a panda.
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Panda yalnızca Çin'de yaşar.
Panda bears live only in China.
This sentence is useful for noting that the panda lives only in China.
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Çin'deki pandalar, nadir görülen kahverengi ayı türlerindendir.
The pandas in China are among the rare brown bear species.
Bu sevimli panda gerçekten çok tatlı, değil mi?
This cute panda is really sweet, isn't it?
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Emre and Elif are visiting the zoo together.

Emre

Bak, şu panda ne kadar tatlı!
Look, that panda is so cute!
Elif

Evet, gerçekten çok şirin görünüyor.
Yes, it looks really lovely.
Emre

Panda bambu yemeyi çok seviyormuş.
I heard the panda loves eating bamboo.
Elif

Çok haklısın, sürekli bir şeyler yiyor.
You are right, it is constantly eating something.

Sources

Wiktionary, “panda” translations and entries panda, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Turkish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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