lokma
English edit
Etymology edit
From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Noun edit
lokma (plural lokmas)
- A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. (used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)
Synonyms edit
- loukoumades (plural) (used especially of the Greek variant of this pastry)
Translations edit
fried dough pastry
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish لقمه (lukme, lokma), from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lokma (definite accusative lokmayı, plural lokmalar)
Declension edit
Hypernyms edit
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لقمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1638
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN