dolama

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوﻻمه (dolama).

Noun

dolama (plural dolamas)

  1. Alternative form of dolman (long, loose Turkish mantle)

Serbo-Croatian

dolama (sense 1) belonging to Miloš Obrenović

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوﻻمه (dolama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒlama/
  • Hyphenation: do‧la‧ma

Noun

dòlama f (Cyrillic spelling до̀лама)

  1. dolman (long, loose Turkish mantle)
    • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme, volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:
      Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
      А у Турско руо облачити:
      Око главе бијеле кауке,
      А на плећи зелене доламе,
      А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
      О појасу сабље пламените;
      Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
      A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
      Oko glave bijele kauke,
      A na pleći zelene dolame,
      A na noge meneviš čakšire,
      O pojasu sablje plamenite;
      I want to change their apparel,
      and in Turkish apparel dress them:
      around their heads white caouks,
      and on their shoulders green dolmans,
      and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
      in their belts fiery sabers;
  2. any long robe or mantle that falls below the knees
  3. dolman (short braided military/hussar coat)

Declension

References

  • dolama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884–1886), “dòlama”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 604

Spanish

Noun

dolama f (plural dolamas)

  1. bug (minor illness)
    • 2016 November 9, “Horóscopo para el mes de noviembre”, in Listin Diario:
      Te recuperas de pequeños achaques y dolamas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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