Etymology

dolma

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Today it means: Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices. Full definition →

Greek ντολμάς ← Turkish dolma ← Ottoman Turkish طولمه
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromطولمه
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromdolma
  3. Greek · borrowed fromντολμάς
  4. English todaydolma

From Greek ντολμάς (ntolmás) or its etymon, Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish طولمه (dolma), from طولمق (dolmak, “to get full, be filled”). Thus, the word literally means “stuffed thing”.

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