דומע 1
‘Duma (Russian parliament)’
דומע 1
־ס
די
'Duma (Russian parliament)'
ETYMOLOGY
Russian ду́ма 'thought; parliament'; from Proto-Slavic ✱duma; cf. Polish duma 'pride'; Ukrainian ду́ма 'thought; song' (see דומע 2); possibly borrowed from PGmc ✱dōmaz 'judgment', cf. English doom; Got. dōms, 'judgment, act, thought', dōmjan 'to judge'; or perhaps a deverbal fro Proto-Slavic ✱duti 'to blow'; from PIE ✱dʰewh₂- 'to smoke'.