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Where does “dondurmacı” come from?

dondurmacı (Turkish) comes from Azerbaijani dondurma, from Azerbaijani dondurmaq, from Azerbaijani donmaq, from Ottoman Turkish طوكمق, from Proto-Turkic *toŋ-.

dondurmacı (Turkish): A person who sells ice cream

Definitions

  1. A person who sells ice cream

Ancestry of “dondurmacı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidondurmaverbal noun of dondurmaq; ice cream
2Azerbaijanidondurmaqto cause to freeze
3Azerbaijanidonmaqto freeze
4Ottoman Turkishطوكمق—
5Proto-Turkic*toŋ-—
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