طولوم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طلوم (tulum), طولم (tulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tulum (a skin container),[1] probably a development of *tōl- (to swell). Cognate with Azerbaijani tuluq and Mongolian тулум (tulum).

Noun

طولوم • (tulum) (definite accusative طولومی (tulumu), plural طولوملر (tulumlar))

  1. skin or hide taken off whole and used as a receptacle
    Synonyms: آبكش (abkeş), قربه (kırba), مطره (matara)
  2. bagpipes, a wind instrument possessing a flexible bag
    Synonym: غایده (gâyda)
  3. pair of squares of fur ready for making up into a pelisse

Derived terms

  • طولوم قارنلو (tulum karınlı, puffy, bloated)
  • طولوم كبی شیشمك (tulum gibi şişmek, to swell up like a waterskin)
  • طولوم پنیری (tulum peyniri, kind of cheese)
  • طولوم چیقارمق (tulum çıkarmak, to flay off a skin or hide)
  • طولومجی (tulumcu, maker or seller of waterskins)
  • كورك طولومی (kürk tulumu, pair of squares of fur)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tulum
  • Albanian: tollumbë
  • Armenian: թուլում (tʻulum)
  • Greek: τουλούμι (touloúmi)
  • Laz: თულუმი (tulumi), ტულუმი (ťulumi)
  • Romanian: tulum
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùlum, ту̀лум

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tulum”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 500

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