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tulumba

tulumba noun: a dessert in Turkey, the Middle East and eastern Europe, consisting of fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to a churro.

Noun

tulumba (countable and uncountable, plural tulumbas)

  1. A dessert in Turkey, the Middle East and eastern Europe, consisting of fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to a churro.
    • The cafés selling baklava and tulumba on Sweet Corner are shuttered and padlocked.2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 149

tulumba meaning in Persian

tulumba in Persian

dessert
بامیه bâmiye

Forms of tulumba

pluraltulumbas

Origin of tulumba

From modern Turkish tulumba, from Ottoman Turkish طولومبه (tulumba), from Italian tromba. Doublet of trump and tromp.

Questions about tulumba

What does tulumba mean?
Tulumba means a dessert in Turkey, the Middle East and eastern Europe, consisting of fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to a churro.
What is tulumba in Persian?
Tulumba in Persian is بامیه (bâmiye). See Tulumba meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is tulumba?
Tulumba is a noun.
What is the plural of tulumba?
The plural of tulumba is tulumbas.

Words near tulumba in the dictionary

  1. Tultitlán
  2. Tulu
  3. Tulu Nadu
  4. Tulufan
  5. tuluma
  6. tulumba
  7. tulumbas
  8. Tulunan
  9. Tulunid
  10. Tulunids
  11. Tuluva

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