Where does “դոլմա” come from?
դոլմա (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طولمه, from Georgian ტოლმა, from Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish dolma, from Turkish dolmak, from Ottoman Turkish طولمق, from Proto-Turkic tol- — to get filled; to swell.
Ancestry of “դոլմա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طولمه | an act of filling; anything used to stuff or fill... |
| 2 | Georgian | ტოლმა | dolma, cabbage roll |
| 3 | Turkish | dolma | Made by filling, such as land created by filling a part of a sea or lake |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | dolma | — |
| 5 | Turkish | dolmak | to be full |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | طولمق | to get full, be filled; to fill, to become full |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | tol- | to get filled; to swell |