llokum

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫoˈkum/
  • Rhymes: -um

Noun

llokum m (plural llokume)

  1. locoum, Turkish delight
  2. small part of a weak explosive

Declension

Declension of llokum
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative llokum llokumi llokume llokumet
accusative llokumin
dative llokumi llokumit llokumeve llokumeve
ablative llokumesh

Adjective

llokum

  1. very soft
    Synonym: i butë
  2. very fat
    Synonym: i majmë

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1039b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llokum”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 285
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llokúm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 257a
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