راحة الحلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, "comfort of the throat", from رَاحَة (rāḥa, comfort; quietness) + اَلْحُلْقُوم (al-ḥulqūm, the throat). It is often claimed to be coined in Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː.ħa.tu‿l.ħul.quːm/

Noun

رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm) f

  1. Turkish delight; rahat lokum; loukoum

Declension

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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