loukoumi
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Greek λουκούμι (loukoúmi), from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum). Doublet of lokum.
Noun
[edit]loukoumi (uncountable)
- Turkish delight.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 445:
- He proffered the box of loucoumi and Riquiqui in her turn dug out a cube of Turkish delight and wolfed it, licking the powder off her talons, before dusting her shift to remove the last traces of it.
- 2010, John S Bowman et al., Frommer's Greece, page 27:
- The spread of supermarkets now means that you can get loukoumi from Siros in supermarkets throughout Greece.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]loukoumi m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of lucumi (“Turkish delight”)
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