طولمه

Ottoman Turkish

طولمه

Etymology

From طولمق (dolmak, “to fill, to become full”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dolma.

Noun

طولمه • (dolma)

1. verbal noun of طولمق (dolmak): an act of filling
2. anything used to stuff or fill up
3. anything stuffed with any material
4. dolma, a dish of meat, fruit or vegetable, filled with rice, forcemeat, etc.

Adjective

طولمه • (dolma)

1. that has filled; filled

Descendants

• Turkish: dolma
• → Arabic: ضُلْمَة (ḍulma)
• → Armenian: տոլմա (tolma), դոլմա (dolma)
• → Georgian: ტოლმა (ṭolma)
• → Greek: ντολμάς (ntolmás)

Further reading

• Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 608, to Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ضُلْمَة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “طولمه”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 531b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طولمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 823
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1261