لذت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَذَّة (laḏḏa, deliciousness).

Noun

لذت • (lezzet) (plural الذت)

  1. taste, savour, especially a sweet or pleasant one
    Synonyms: (taste) چاشنی (çeşni), ذوق (zevk), طات (tat), مزه (meze), نمك (nemek)
  2. power of any thing to give pleasure or delight

Derived terms

  • لذتسز (lezzetsiz, tasteless)
  • لذتلنمك (lezzetlenmek, to become savory)
  • لذتلی (lezzetli, savory, flavoured)

Descendants

  • Turkish: lezzet
  • Armenian: լազաթ (lazatʻ)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَذَّة (laḏḏa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? laḏḏat, lazzat
Dari reading? lazzat
Iranian reading? lezzat
Tajik reading? lazzat
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari لذت
Iranian Persian
Tajik лаззат

لذت • (lezzat)

  1. pleasure
  2. delight
  3. enjoyment

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Iranian Persian: لِذَّت (lezzat)
  • Tajik: лаззат (lazzat)
  • Bashkir: ләззәт (ləzzət)
  • Kazakh: ләззат (läzzat)
  • Tatar: ләззәт (läzzät)
  • Turkmen: lezzet
  • Uyghur: لەززەت (lezzet)
  • Uzbek: lazzat