loqum

English translation: راحة الحلقوم

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Arabic term or phrase:loqum
English translation:راحة الحلقوم
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

11:40 Aug 26, 2003
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Food & Drink
Arabic term or phrase: loqum
Does this really mean THROAT in Arabic or Persian?
If so, RAHAT LOQUM would mean something like RESTFUL THROAT.
Please give Romanisation of any non-Roman script as I don't know how well this system will support it.
SeimonTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:13
RAHAT AL-HALQOOM
Explanation:
HALQ or HALQOOM means throat.

RAHA means rest or comfort. The meaning is sometimes extended to "delight."

RAHAT AL-HALQOOM means "throat comfort" or "throat delight." In some places, this delicacy is called RAHA; in other places HALQOOM. On the box, you usually see the full name.

LUQUM is the plural of LUQMA. It means "morsels."
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5 +2RAHAT AL-HALQOOM
Fuad Yahya
5Turkish Delight
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Turkish Delight


Explanation:
loqum means Turkish Delight.
Rahat Loqum literally means "the delight relieving the throat" and is same with Turkish Delight.

Ali YANDIK (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 09:13
Native speaker of: Turkish
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RAHAT AL-HALQOOM


Explanation:
HALQ or HALQOOM means throat.

RAHA means rest or comfort. The meaning is sometimes extended to "delight."

RAHAT AL-HALQOOM means "throat comfort" or "throat delight." In some places, this delicacy is called RAHA; in other places HALQOOM. On the box, you usually see the full name.

LUQUM is the plural of LUQMA. It means "morsels."

Fuad Yahya
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