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English
Etymology
From modern Turkish tulumba, from Ottoman Turkish طولومبه (tulumba), from Italian tromba. Doublet of trump and tromp.
Noun
tulumba (countable and uncountable, plural tulumbas)
- A dessert in Turkey, the Middle East and eastern Europe, consisting of fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to a churro.
2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 149:The cafés selling baklava and tulumba on Sweet Corner are shuttered and padlocked.
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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طولومبه (tulumba).
Noun
tulumba (definite accusative tulumbayı, plural tulumbalar)
- tromp, pump, sucker pipe
- a kind of sweet fried pastry in finger form
- Synonym: (the same but in ring or spiral form) halka tatlısı
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