локум

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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)

  1. (uncountable) Turkish delight, locoum
  2. (countable) a piece of Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локу́м
singular plural
indefinite локу́м
lokúm 		локу́ми
lokúmi
definite
(subject form) 		локу́мът
lokúmǎt 		локу́мите
lokúmite
definite
(object form) 		локу́ма
lokúma
count form — локу́ма
lokúma

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

  1. Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локум
singular plural
indefinite локум (lokum) локуми (lokumi)
definite unspecified локумот (lokumot) локумите (lokumite)
definite proximal локумов (lokumov) локумиве (lokumive)
definite distal локумон (lokumon) локумине (lokumine)
vocative локуму (lokumu) локуми (lokumi)
count form — локума (lokuma)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǒkum/
  • Hyphenation: ло‧кум

Noun

ло̀кум m (Latin spelling lòkum)

  1. Turkish delight

References

  • “локум”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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