llokum

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

Noun

llokum m (plural llokume)

  1. locoum, Turkish delight
  2. small part of a weak explosive

Adjective

llokum

  1. very soft
    Synonym: i butë
  2. very fat
    Synonym: i majmë

References

  • “llokum”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1039b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llokum”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 285
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llokúm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 257a
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