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)

1. (uncountable) Turkish delight, locoum
2. (countable) a piece of Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локу́м

	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), volumes 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

1. Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локум

	singular	plural
indefinite	локум	локуми
definite unspecified	локумот	локумите
definite proximal	локумов	локумиве
definite distal	локумон	локумине
vocative	локуму	локуми
count form	—	локума

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒkum/
• Hyphenation: ло‧кум

Noun

ло̀кум m (Latin spelling lòkum)

1. Turkish delight

References

• “локум” in Hrvatski jezični portal