طولمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طولمق‎ (dolmak, “to fill, to become full”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dolma.

Noun

طولمه • (dolma)

verbal noun of طولمق‎ (dolmak): an act of filling
anything used to stuff or fill up
anything stuffed with any material
dolma, a dish of meat, fruit or vegetable, filled with rice, forcemeat, etc.

Adjective

طولمه • (dolma)

that has filled; filled

Descendants

Turkish: dolma
→ Armenian: տոլմա (tolma), դոլմա (dolma)
→ Georgian: ტოლმა (ṭolma)
→ Greek: ντολμάς (dolmás)

Further reading

Karapetean, Petros Zēkʿi (1912), “طولمه”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 531b
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “طولمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 823
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طولمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1261

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