долама

Serbo-Croatian

долама (sense 1) belonging to Miloš Obrenović

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوﻻمة (dolama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒlama/
• Hyphenation: do‧la‧ma

Noun

до̀лама f (Latin spelling dòlama)

1. dolman (long, loose Turkish mantle) [since the 15th century]
   • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme‎^[1], volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:

     Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
     А у Турско руо облачити:
     Око главе бијеле кауке,
     А на плећи зелене доламе,
     А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
     О појасу сабље пламените;

     Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
     A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
     Oko glave bijele kauke,
     A na pleći zelene dolame,
     A na noge meneviš čakšire,
     O pojasu sablje plamenite;

     I want to change their apparel,
     and in Turkish apparel dress them:
     around their heads white caouks,
     and on their shoulders green dolmans,
     and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
     in their belts fiery sabers;

2. any long robe or mantle that falls below the knees
3. dolman (short braided military/hussar coat)

Declension

Declension of долама

	singular	plural
nominative	долама	доламе
genitive	доламе	до̏ла̄ма̄
dative	долами	доламама
accusative	доламу	доламе
vocative	доламо	доламе
locative	долами	доламама
instrumental	доламом	доламама

References

• “долама” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884-1886), “dòlama”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 604