Where does “দোর্মা” come from?
দোর্মা (Bengali) comes from Armenian դոլմա, 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.
দোর্মা (Bengali): dolma, a dish made by filling a poultry bird, ribs of a lamb or vegetables with a rice-based stuffing mix
Definitions
- dolma, a dish made by filling a poultry bird, ribs of a lamb or vegetables with a rice-based stuffing mix
Ancestry of “দোর্মা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | դոլմա | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طولمه | an act of filling; anything used to stuff or fill... |
| 3 | Georgian | ტოლმა | dolma, cabbage roll |
| 4 | Turkish | dolma | Made by filling, such as land created by filling a part of a sea or lake |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | dolma | — |
| 6 | Turkish | dolmak | to be full |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | طولمق | to get full, be filled; to fill, to become full |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | tol- | to get filled; to swell |