page_title: List of English words of Turkic origin
section_title: D
hierarchical_section_title: List of English words of Turkic origin / D
caption_attribution_description: An enhanced version of the Wikimedia Commons image Suleymanname_31b.jpg. Registration of boys for the devşirme. The six boys clad in red have been collected. On the left a writer registers them, on the right the public, the relatives of the boys and Jannisaries. Ottoman miniature painting from the Süleymanname. (Inv. 1517/31b)
context_page_description: This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the Ottoman Empire. There are some Turkic words as well, most of them entered English via the Russian language.
context_section_description: Desemer
  from German, from Low German, alteration of Middle Low German bisemer, besemer, of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian bezmnas, of Slavic origin; akin to Old East Slavic bezmenu "desemer, small weight", Polish bezmian, przezmian "balance without pans", perhaps of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish batman "small weight". An ancient balance.
  Devshirmeh
  from Turkish devşirme, which means "gathering"
  Dey
  from Turkish dayı, literally "a maternal uncle"
  Dolma
  from Turkish dolma, which means "filled" or "stuffed"
  Dolman
  ultimately from Turkish dolaman, a robe, from dolamak "to wind"
  Dolmus, also Dolmush
  from Turkish dolmuş, a share taxi
  Domra
  from Kazakh dombra, a musical instrument
  Doner kebab
  (Canadian: donair) from Turkish döner kebap
  Donmeh
  from Turkish dönme, which literally means "a convert"
  Donum
  from Turkish dönüm, an alternative form of dunam
  Doodle
  from German dudeln "to play (the bagpipe)", from dudel "a bagpipe", from Czech or Polish dudy "a bagpipe", from Turkish düdük "a flute".
  Dunam
  from Turkish dönüm, from dönmek "go round"
caption: Registration of boys for the devshirmeh.
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2007:10:19 23:28:33", "Image ExifOffset": "164", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "302", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "8883", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "430", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "677"}