loukoumi

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English

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Etymology

From Greek λουκούμι (loukoúmi), from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum). Doublet of lokum.

Noun

loukoumi (uncountable)

  1. Turkish delight.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 445:
      He proffered the box of loucoumi and Riquiqui in her turn dug out a cube of Turkish delight and wolfed it, licking the powder off her talons, before dusting her shift to remove the last traces of it.
    • 2010, John S Bowman et al., Frommer's Greece, page 27:
      The spread of supermarkets now means that you can get loukoumi from Siros in supermarkets throughout Greece.

Italian

Noun

loukoumi m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of lucumi (Turkish delight)