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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), from a vulgar form of Ottoman Turkish راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), from Arabic رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm).
Pronunciation
Noun
локу́м • (lokúm) m (relational adjective локу́мен, diminutive локу́мче)
- (uncountable) Turkish delight, locoum
- (countable) a piece of Turkish delight
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “локум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “локум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “локум”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 463
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum), from Ottoman Turkish راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), itself from Arabic رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm).
Pronunciation
Noun
локум • (lokum) m
- Turkish delight
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǒkum/
- Hyphenation: ло‧кум
Noun
ло̀кум m (Latin spelling lòkum)
- Turkish delight
References
- “локум” in Hrvatski jezični portal