Where does “dolma” come from?
dolma (English) comes from Greek ντολμάς, 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.
dolma (English): Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The...
Definitions
- Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The...
Ancestry of “dolma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | ντολμάς | dolma, stuffed leaf |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طولمه | an act of filling; anything used to stuff or fill... |
| 3 | Georgian | ტოლმა | dolma, cabbage roll |
| 4 | Turkish | dolma | — |
| 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 |