Etymology

dondurma

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Today it means: A Turkish mastic ice cream. Full definition →

Turkish dondurma ← Ottoman Turkish طوڭدرمه
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromطوڭدرمه
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromdondurma“ice cream”
  3. English todaydondurma

Borrowed from Turkish dondurma (“ice cream”), from Ottoman Turkish طوڭدرمه (doŋdurma).

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