domalan

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Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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domalan

  1. truffle

Declension

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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 (to bulge out) +‎ -an.

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

Noun

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domalan

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

References

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  • 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
  • domalan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu