طولاب

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian دولاب (dulâb, water-wheel).

Noun

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طولاب (dolab)

  1. thing which turns round, such as a water wheel or a treadmill
  2. tradesman's or merchant's business, vortex of affairs
  3. giddiness, vertigo, a sensation of loss of balance
  4. drum belly, hoove, tympanites, a disease in cattle
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian دولاب (dolâb, cupboard; closet).

Noun

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طولاب (dolab)

  1. cupboard, sideboard, board used to openly hold dishware
  2. turnstile, a rotating cupboard which divides the harem from the selamlik
  3. (figuratively) trick, intrigue, fraud, machination
    Synonyms: اویون (oyun), كلاه (külah)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: dolap
  • Albanian: dollap
  • Bulgarian: дола́п (doláp)
  • Greek: ντουλάπι (ntoulápi)
  • Ladino: dolap
  • Macedonian: до́лап (dólap)
  • Romanian: dulap
  • Serbo-Croatian: dòlāp

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