lezzet
See also: ležžet
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish لذت (lezzet, “taste; plesant taste”), from Arabic لَذَّة (laḏḏa).
Noun edit
lezzet (definite accusative lezzeti, plural lezzetler)
- daintiness, flavour, lusciousness, savouriness, smack
- 1939 September 4, advertisement for medicine on page 6 of Cumhuriyet:
- Lezzeti hoş, alınması kolaydır.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1939 September 4, advertisement for medicine on page 6 of Cumhuriyet:
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: լազաթ (lazatʻ)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lezzet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لذت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1630