راحة الحلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, "comfort of the throat", from رَاحَة (rāḥa, “comfort; quietness”) +‎ الْحُلْقُوم (al-ḥulqūm, “the throat”). It is often claimed to be coined in Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raː.ħat al.ħul.quːm/

Noun

رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم • (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm) f

1. Turkish delight; rahat lokum; loukoum

Declension

Declension of noun رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm	—
Nominative	—	رَاحَةُ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥatu l-ḥulqūmi	—
Accusative	—	رَاحَةَ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥata l-ḥulqūmi	—
Genitive	—	رَاحَةِ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥati l-ḥulqūmi	—

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), راحت لوقوم (rahat lokum) — vulgarism
  • Turkish: rahat lokum
  • → Romanian: rahatlocum
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: рахат-локум
    • Latin script: rahat-lokum
  • → Russian: рахат-луку́м (raxat-lukúm)
  • → Uzbek: rohat-luqum
• → Persian: راحت‌الحلقوم (râhat-ol-holqum)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN