See also: turkish delight

English edit

 
Rosewater-flavored Turkish delight

Etymology edit

Allegedly coined by an English traveller who could not pronounce the Ottoman Turkish name راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), 18th c.[1]

Noun edit

Turkish delight (usually uncountable, plural Turkish delights)

  1. A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.
    Synonyms: locoum, loukoumi, lumps of delight

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Victoria Combe (May 03, 2003), “Sweet little history”, in The Telegraph[1], retrieved September 11, 2017

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