طولمق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōl- (to be full).[1]

Verb

طُولْمَقْ • (dolmaq)

  1. (intransitive) to fill up, to be filled, to be full
    اُورْلَشُوبَنْ صُولَرْ طَاشْسَه دَكِزْ طُولْمَزْ
    örläşübän sular daşsa däŋiz dolmaz
    [even] if the roaring waters overflowed the sea wouldn't fill up
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to become about to explode
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: dolmaq
  • Gagauz: dolmaa
  • Ottoman Turkish: طولمق (dolmak)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tolga-, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *tolug.[2]

Verb

طُولَمَقْ • (dolamaq)

  1. (transitive) to wrap around
  2. (transitive) to twist
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: dolamaq
  • Gagauz: dolamaa
  • Ottoman Turkish: طولامق (dolamak)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dolmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dolamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طُولْمَقْ (dolmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tōl- (to be full). Cognate with Azerbaijani dolmaq, Bashkir тулыу (tulıw), Chuvash тул (tul), Kazakh толу (tolu), Kyrgyz толуу (toluu), Uyghur تولۇق (toluq), Uzbek to'lmoq and Yakut туол (tuol).

Verb

طولمق • (dolmak)

  1. (intransitive) to fill up, to become full of something

Derived terms

  • دفتر طولمق (defter dolmak, to be filled (of a register))
  • طولدرمق (doldurmak, to make or let become full)
  • طولغون (dolgun, filled, stuffed)
  • طولمش (dolmuş, filled, stuffed)
  • طولمه (dolma, act of filling; dolma)
  • قولاق طولمق (kulak dolmak, to be persuaded)
  • گوز طولمق (göz dolmak, to fill with tears (of eyes))
  • یازی طولمق (yazı dolmak, to fill up a paper)
  • یورك طولمق (yürek dolmak, to be full of bitterness (of the heart))

Descendants

Further reading