Where does “dolma” come from?

dolma (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish dolma, from Turkish dolmak, from Ottoman Turkish طولمق, from Proto-Turkic tol- — to get filled; to swell.

dolma (Turkish): Made by filling, such as land created by filling a part of a sea or lake

Definitions

  1. Made by filling, such as land created by filling a part of a sea or lake

Ancestry of “dolma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishdolma—
2Turkishdolmakto be full
3Ottoman Turkishطولمقto get full, be filled; to fill, to become full
4Proto-Turkictol-to get filled; to swell

Words derived from “dolma”

Every word from Proto-Turkic tol- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طولمق →Every word from Turkish dolmak →