локум
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
- IPA(key): [ɫoˈkum]
- Rhymes: -um
- Hyphenation(key): ло‧кум
Noun
локу́м • (lokúm) m (relational adjective локу́мен, diminutive локу́мче)
- (uncountable) Turkish delight, locoum
- (countable) a piece of Turkish delight
Declension
| 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
- локумджи́я (lokumdžíja)
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
- IPA(key): [ˈɫɔkum]
Noun
локум • (lokum) m
Declension
| 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 animacy unspecified (Latin spelling lòkum)
References
- “локум”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025