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dolma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdoʊlmə/ (General-American)

Etymology

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”.

Meanings

1. Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
   • "Twelve gyro supreme platters, six chicken souvlaki, four more with pork, six dolmas, six mezze platters, six Greek salads, eight baklava, and a side of tzatziki!" he said. 2026, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, Dr. Zeus, pages 10-11:

Forms

Relateds

sarma

Translations (41)

fi dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · uz kovatok (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · tk dolama (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · crh sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · ota طولمه (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · uz doʻlma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · tr sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · lez дулма (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · kum долма (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · bg сарми (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · grc θρῖον (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · jct sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · fi kääryle (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · fa دلمه (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · sv dolme (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · uum dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · gag sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · id dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · afb ورق عنب (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · ru долма (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · hy տոլմա (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · crh dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · apc يبرق (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · de Dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · kdr sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · tr dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · jct tolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · pl dolmades (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · tg дӯлма (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · uum sarmax (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · az dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · ajp ورق دوالي (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · kdr dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · gag dolma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · hy դոլմա (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · apc يالانجي (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · ka ტოლმა (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · hi दोलमा (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · uum sarma (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · tt тулма (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes) · el ντολμάς (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes)