dolama

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوﻻمه (dolama).

Noun

dolama (plural dolamas)

1. Alternative form of dolman (“long, loose Turkish mantle”)

Serbo-Croatian

dolama (sense 1) belonging to Miloš Obrenović

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوﻻمه (dolama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒlama/
• Hyphenation: do‧la‧ma

Noun

dòlama f (Cyrillic spelling до̀лама)

1. dolman (long, loose Turkish mantle) [since the 15th century]
   • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme‎^[1], volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:

     Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
     А у Турско руо облачити:
     Око главе бијеле кауке,
     А на плећи зелене доламе,
     А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
     О појасу сабље пламените;

     Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
     A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
     Oko glave bijele kauke,
     A na pleći zelene dolame,
     A na noge meneviš čakšire,
     O pojasu sablje plamenite;

     I want to change their apparel,
     and in Turkish apparel dress them:
     around their heads white caouks,
     and on their shoulders green dolmans,
     and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
     in their belts fiery sabers;

2. any long robe or mantle that falls below the knees
3. dolman (short braided military/hussar coat)

Declension

Declension of dolama

	singular	plural
nominative	dolama	dolame
genitive	dolame	dȍlāmā
dative	dolami	dolamama
accusative	dolamu	dolame
vocative	dolamo	dolame
locative	dolami	dolamama
instrumental	dolamom	dolamama

References

• “dolama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884–1886), “dòlama”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 604

Spanish

Noun

dolama f (plural dolamas)

1. bug (minor illness)
   • 2016 November 9, “Horóscopo para el mes de noviembre”, in Listin Diario‎^[3]:

     Te recuperas de pequeños achaques y dolamas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “dolama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28