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
- Turkish delight; rahat lokum; loukoum
Declension
Declension of noun رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم rāḥat al-ḥulqūm | — |
Nominative | — | رَاحَةُ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥatu l-ḥulqūmi | — |
Accusative | — | رَاحَةَ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥata l-ḥulqūmi | — |
Genitive | — | رَاحَةِ الْحُلْقُومِ rāḥati l-ḥulqūmi | — |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN