راحة الحلقوم
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Arabic
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, "comfort of the throat", from رَاحَة (rāḥa, “comfort; quietness”) + الْحُلْقُوم (al-ḥulqūm, “the throat”). It is often claimed to be coined in Ottoman Turkish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم • (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm |
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| Nominative | — | رَاحَةُ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥatu l-ḥulqūmi |
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| Accusative | — | رَاحَةَ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥata l-ḥulqūmi |
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| Genitive | — | رَاحَةِ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥati l-ḥulqūmi |
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Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), راحت لوقوم (rahat lokum)
- Turkish: rahat lokum
- → Romanian: rahatlocum
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: рахат-локум
- Latin script: rahat-lokum
- → Russian: рахат-луку́м (raxat-lukúm)
- → Uzbek: rohat-luqum
- → Persian: راحتالحلقوم (râhat-ol-holqum)
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN