lokma
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English
Etymology
From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Noun
lokma (plural lokmas)
- A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. (used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)
Synonyms
- loukoumades (plural) (used especially of the Greek variant of this pastry)
Translations
fried dough pastry
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لقمه (lukme, lokma), from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Pronunciation
Noun
lokma (definite accusative lokmayı, plural lokmalar)
Declension
Hypernyms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لقمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1638
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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