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Where does “dolandırmak” come from?

dolandırmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish dolanmak, from Turkish dolamak, from Ottoman Turkish طولامق, from Proto-Turkic *tolga-.

dolandırmak (Turkish): to make someone walk around; to swindle

Definitions

  1. to make someone walk around; to swindle

Ancestry of “dolandırmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdolanmakto get entangled; to stroll around, to walk...
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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