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lokma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lok-ma
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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)

Etymology

From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

lokmas (plural)

Synonyms

loukoumades

Questions

What does lokma mean?
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)
Where does lokma come from?
From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).

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