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Definition 2024


lokum

lokum

Danish

Noun

lokum n (singular definite lokummet, plural indefinite lokummer)

  1. bog (coarse slang: a toilet)
  2. privy (an outdoor toilet; latrine)

Inflection


Finnish

Etymology

< Turkish} lokum (Turkish delight)

Noun

lokum

  1. Turkish delight (traditional sweet)

Declension

Inflection of lokum (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative lokum lokumit
genitive lokumin lokumien
lokumeiden
lokumeitten
partitive lokumia lokumeita
lokumeja
illative lokumiin lokumeihin
singular plural
nominative lokum lokumit
accusative nom. lokum lokumit
gen. lokumin
genitive lokumin lokumien
lokumeiden
lokumeitten
partitive lokumia lokumeita
lokumeja
inessive lokumissa lokumeissa
elative lokumista lokumeista
illative lokumiin lokumeihin
adessive lokumilla lokumeilla
ablative lokumilta lokumeilta
allative lokumille lokumeille
essive lokumina lokumeina
translative lokumiksi lokumeiksi
instructive lokumein
abessive lokumitta lokumeitta
comitative lokumeineen

Usage notes

  • Also known as Turkish delight.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Turkish, from Persian, from Arabic رَاحَة اَلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥa(t) al-ḥulqūm).

Noun

lokum m (invariable)

  1. Turkish delight

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (lokum) (Turkish lokum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǒkum/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧kum

Noun

lòkum m (Cyrillic spelling ло̀кум)

  1. Turkish delight

References

  • lokum” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish

lokumlar

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian راحت‌الحلقوم (râhat-ol-holqum), from Arabic رَاحَة حُلْقُوم (rāḥa(t) ḥulqūm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɔkʊm]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧kum

Noun

lokum (definite accusative lokumu, plural lokumlar)

  1. Turkish delight

Declension

Derived terms

  • lokum gibi
  • dinamit lokumu
  • şeker-lokum
  • kapçıklı lokum

Descendants