Turkish delight

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• /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.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: llokum — confection
• Albanian: rahat llokum — confection
• Arabic: رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم (rāḥat al-ḥulqūm) — confection
• Arabic: حَلْقوم (ḥalgūm) — confection
• Armenian: լոխում (loxum) — confection
• Armenian: ռահատ լոխում (ṙahat loxum) — confection
• Armenian: հանգստապատառ (hangstapataṙ) — confection
• Azerbaijani: rahətülhülqum — confection
• Azerbaijani: loxum — confection
• Azerbaijani: lokum — confection
• Azerbaijani: loqum — confection
• Belarusian: раха́т-луку́м (raxát-lukúm) — confection
• Belarusian: луку́м (lukúm) — confection
• Bulgarian: локу́м (lokúm) — confection
• Catalan: delícies turques — confection
• Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其软糖 (Tǔ'ěrqí ruǎntáng) — confection
• Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其快樂糖 /土耳其快乐糖 (Tǔ'ěrqí kuàilètáng) — confection
• Czech: turecký med — confection
• Czech: rahat — confection
• Czech: lokum — confection
• Czech: turecké potěšení — confection
• Danish: turkish delight — confection
• Danish: tyrkisk delight — confection
• Dutch: Turks fruit — confection
• Esperanto: lukumo — confection
• Finnish: lokum — confection
• French: loukoum — confection
• French: rahat-loukoum — confection
• Georgian: რაჰათლუკუმი (rahatluḳumi) — confection
• German: Lokum — confection
• Greek: λουκούμι (loukoúmi) — confection
• Hebrew: רַחַת לוֹקוּם (rákhat lókum) — confection
• Hindi: टर्किश डिलाइट (ṭarkiś ḍilāiṭ) — confection
• Hindi: लोकुम (lokum) — confection
• Hungarian: szultánkenyér — confection
• Hungarian: török csemege — confection
• Hungarian: lokum — confection
• Italian: lokum — confection
• Japanese: ロクム (rokumu) — confection
• Japanese: ターキッシュ・ディライト (tākisshu-diraito) — confection
• Kazakh: рахат-лукум (raxat-lukum) — confection
• Korean: 로쿰 (rokum) — confection
• Korean: 터키시 딜라이트 (teokisi dillaiteu) — confection
• Northern Kurdish: loqim — confection
• Northern Kurdish: lokim — confection
• Kyrgyz: рахат-лукум (rahat-lukum) — confection
• Latin: lucumium — confection
• Latvian: lokums — confection
• Lithuanian: lukumas — confection
• Macedonian: локум (lokum) — confection
• Malay: halwa maskat — confection
• Norwegian Bokmål: lokum — confection
• Norwegian Bokmål: Turkish delight — confection
• Pannonian Rusyn: сланїнки (slanjinki) — confection
• Pannonian Rusyn: ратлук (ratluk) — confection
• Dari: رَاحَتُٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāhat-ul-hulqūm) — confection
• Iranian Persian: راحَتُٱلْحُلْقوم (râhat-ol-holġum) — confection
• Iranian Persian: باسْلُق (bâsloġ) — confection
• Iranian Persian: لُقوم (loġum) — confection
• Iranian Persian: لُکوم (lokum) — confection
• Iranian Persian: تِرْکیش دیلایْت (terkiš dilâyt) — confection
• Polish: rachatłukum — confection
• Portuguese: manjar turco — confection
• Portuguese: delícia turca — confection
• Romanian: rahat — confection
• Romanian: rahat turcesc — confection
• Romanian: rahatlocum — confection
• Russian: рахат-луку́м (raxat-lukúm) — confection
• Russian: луку́м (lukúm) — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́тлук — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀хат-ло̀кум — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀кум — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: rátluk — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: ràhat-lòkum — confection
• Serbo-Croatian: lòkum — confection
• Slovak: lokum — confection
• Slovak: rahat — confection
• Slovene: ratluk — confection
• Slovene: turška slaščica — confection
• Slovene: lokum — confection
• Spanish: lokum — confection
• Spanish: delicias turcas — confection
• Swedish: marmeladkonfekt — confection
• Swedish: rahat lokum — confection
• Tajik: роҳатулҳулқум (rohatulhulqum) — confection
• Turkish: lokum — confection
• Turkish: rahat-lokum — confection
• Ottoman Turkish: راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm) — confection
• Ukrainian: раха́т-луку́м (raxát-lukúm) — confection
• Ukrainian: луку́м (lukúm) — confection
• Urdu: رَاحَتُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāhatu l-hulqūm) — confection
• Urdu: لُکُوم (lukūm) — confection
• Uzbek: rohat-luqum — confection
• Vietnamese: như rahat-loukoum — confection