لوقوم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

لقوم‎

Etymology

From Arabic رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم‎ (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm, “throat comfort”).

Noun

لوقوم • (lokum)

locoum, Turkish delight

Derived terms

لوقومجی‎ (lokumcu)

Descendants

Turkish: lokum
→ Armenian: լոխում (loxum)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لوقوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1646

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