llokum

Albanian

Alternative forms

• llokume f
• llakum — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫoˈkum/
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

llokum m (plural llokume)

1. locoum, Turkish delight
2. small part of a weak explosive

Adjective

llokum

1. very soft

   Synonym: i butë

2. very fat

   Synonym: i majmë

References

• “llokum”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1039b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “llokum”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 285
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llokúm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 257a