локум

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), from a vulgar form of Ottoman Turkish راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), from Arabic رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫoˈkum]
• Rhymes: -um
• Hyphenation^(key): ло‧кум

Noun

локу́м • (lokúm) m (relational adjective локу́мен, diminutive локу́мче)

1. (uncountable) Turkish delight, locoum
2. (countable) a piece of Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локу́м

	singular	plural
indefinite	локу́м lokúm	локу́ми lokúmi
definite (subject form)	локу́мът lokúmǎt	локу́мите lokúmite
definite (object form)	локу́ма lokúma
count form	—	локу́ма lokúma

Derived terms

• локумджи́я (lokumdžíja)

References

• “локум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “локум”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “локум”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 463

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum), from Ottoman Turkish راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), itself from Arabic رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔkum]

Noun

локум • (lokum) m

1. Turkish delight

Declension

Declension of локум

	singular	plural
indefinite	локум (lokum)	локуми (lokumi)
definite unspecified	локумот (lokumot)	локумите (lokumite)
definite proximal	локумов (lokumov)	локумиве (lokumive)
definite distal	локумон (lokumon)	локумине (lokumine)
vocative	локуму (lokumu)	локуми (lokumi)
count form	—	локума (lokuma)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum), لقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒkum/
• Hyphenation: ло‧кум

Noun

ло̀кум m (Latin spelling lòkum)

1. Turkish delight

References

• “локум”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025