dolma

[ dawl-muh, -mah ]

nounNear Eastern Cooking.
  1. a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.

Origin of dolma

1
First recorded in 1885–90; from Turkish dolma “something filled, filling,” from the verb dolmak “to stuff, fill, be full”

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British Dictionary definitions for dolma

dolma

/ (ˈdɒlmə, -mɑː) /


nounplural dolmas or dolmades (dɒlˈmɑːdiːz)
  1. a vine leaf stuffed with a filling of meat and rice

Origin of dolma

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C19: Turkish dolma literally something filled

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