domalan

Crimean Tatar

Noun

domalan

  1. truffle

Declension

Declension of domalan
nominative domalan
genitive domalannıñ
dative domalanğa
accusative domalannı
locative domalanda
ablative domalandan

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 (“to bulge out”) +‎ -an.

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) (Terfezia Arenaria)
    Synonyms: tombalak, topalak, keme

References

  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “domalan”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 118
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “domalan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • “domalan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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