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English
Etymology
From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Noun
lokma (plural lokmas)
- A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. (used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)
Synonyms
- loukoumades (plural) (used especially of the Greek variant of this pastry)
Translations
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لقمه (lukme, lokma), from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɫokma/
- Hyphenation: lok‧ma
Noun
lokma (definite accusative lokmayı, plural lokmalar)
- bite, morsel
- lokma
- (anatomy) condyle
Declension
Hypernyms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لقمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1638
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN