Turkish delight
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Turkish delight
- /ˈtɜː(ɹ)kɪʃ dɪˈlaɪt/
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Allegedly coined by an English traveller who could not pronounce the Ottoman Turkish name راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), 18th c.
noun Turkish delights
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A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.
Bunter thanked him gravely for his good opinion, and proffered a box of that equally nauseating mess called Turkish Delight, which not only gluts the palate and glues the teeth, but also smothers the consumer in a floury cloud of white sugar.
Similar: locoum, loukoumi, lumps of delight
- A sweet consisting of rose jelly coated in chocolate. We don't really have Turkish Delight in North America, so please forgive my original belief that Turkish Delight was a gelatine-filled perfumed jelly enrobed in chocolate.
Translations
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noun confection
| Español | lokum, delicias turcas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 로쿰 rokum, 터키시 딜라이트 teokisi dillaiteu |
| 日本語 | ロクム rokumu, ターキッシュ・ディライト tākisshu-diraito |
| 中文 | 土耳其软糖 Tǔ'ěrqí ruǎntáng, 土耳其快樂糖 /土耳其快乐糖 Tǔ'ěrqí kuàilètáng |
| हिन्दी | टर्किश डिलाइट ṭarkiś ḍilāiṭ, लोकुम lokum |
| Português | manjar turco, delícia turca |
| Français | loukoum, rahat-loukoum |
| Deutsch | Lokum |
| Italiano | lokum |
| Ελληνικά | λουκούμι loukoúmi |
| Română | rahat, rahat turcesc, rahatlocum |
| Русский | рахат-луку́м raxat-lukúm, луку́м lukúm |
| Tiếng Việt | như rahat-loukoum |
| العربية | رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm |
| עברית | רַחַת לוֹקוּם rákhat lókum |
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title = {Turkish delight},
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