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Where does “doliman” come from?

doliman (French) comes from Ottoman Turkish دولامان, from Turkish dolamak, from Ottoman Turkish طولامق, from Proto-Turkic *tolga-.

Ancestry of “doliman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدولامانrobe
2Turkishdolamakto wind, wrap, wrap around; to twist, whirl,...
3Ottoman Turkishطولامقto wrap around; to twist, wind round about a...
4Proto-Turkic*tolga-—
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