domalan

Crimean Tatar

Noun

domalan

  1. truffle

Declension


Turkish

Alternative forms

  • dobalan, dolaman, tombalak, topalak (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طومالان (domalan, tomalan, that rises as a projection above a flat surface; tumor; truffle), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (domalan, tomalan). Cognate with Crimean Tatar domalan, Azerbaijani dombalan. Akin to domalmak (bulge out).

Armenian դոմբալա (dombala, truffle) and probably Hungarian tapló (tinder, fungus), Udi телепа (telepa, mushrooms) are Turkic borrowings.

Noun

domalan

  1. truffle (edible fungus of the genus Tuber)
    Synonyms: tombalak, topalak

References

  • Eren, Hasan (1999), domalan”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 118
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), domalan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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