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dolma

US/ˈdoʊlmə/

dolma noun: any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.

dolma: any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or...
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Noun

dolma (plural dolmas or dolmades or dolmathes)

  1. Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
    • "Twelve gyro supreme platters, six chicken souvlaki, four more with pork, six dolmas, six mezze platters, six Greek salads, eight baklava, and a side of tzatziki!" he said.2026, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, Dr. Zeus, pages 10-11

Proper noun capitalized: Dolma

Dolma (plural Dolmas)

  1. A surname.

dolma meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian and Persian

dolma in Hindi

any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes
दोलमा dolmā

dolma in Bengali

dolma, a dish made by filling a poultry bird, ribs of a lamb or vegetables with a rice-based stuffing mix
দোর্মা dōrma

dolma in Indonesian

any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes
dolma

dolma in Persian

any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes
دلمه dolme

Forms of dolma

Noun
pluraldolmas
pluraldolmades
pluraldolmathes
Proper noun
pluralDolmas

Origin of dolma

From Greek ντολμάς (ntolmás) or its etymon, Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish طولمه (dolma), from طولمق (dolmak, “to get full, be filled”). Thus, the word literally means “stuffed thing”.

Questions about dolma

What does dolma mean?
Dolma means any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
What is dolma in Hindi?
Dolma in Hindi is दोलमा (dolmā). See Dolma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dolma?
Dolma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dolma?
Dolma is pronounced /ˈdoʊlmə/ (US).
What is the plural of dolma?
The plural of dolma is dolmas.

Words near dolma in the dictionary

  1. dollymop
  2. dollymops
  3. Dollys
  4. Dollys Flat
  5. dollz
  6. dolma
  7. dolmadaki
  8. dolmadakia
  9. dolmade
  10. dolmades
  11. Dolmadjian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dolma (page history and authors); Dolma (page history and authors); দোর্মা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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