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"ref": "1930, Dorothy Sayers, Strong Poison:",
"text": "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.",
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"word": "delícies turques"
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"word": "로쿰"
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"roman": "rāhat-ul-hulqūm",
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"code": "fa-ira",
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"roman": "râhat-ol-holġum",
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"word": "راحَتُٱلْحُلْقوم"
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"roman": "terkiš dilâyt",
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"word": "تِرْکیش دیلایْت"
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"sense": "confection",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
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"word": "manjar turco"
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"sense": "confection",
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"word": "delícia turca"
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"roman": "raxat-lukúm",
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"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rahat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rahat turcesc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "rahatlocum"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rahat turcesc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "raxat-lukúm",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рахат-луку́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "lukúm",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луку́м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ра́тлук"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ра̀хат-ло̀кум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло̀кум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rátluk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ràhat-lòkum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lòkum"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lokum"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rahat"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ratluk"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "turška slaščica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lokum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lokum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "delicias turcas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "marmeladkonfekt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "rahat lokum"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "rohatulhulqum",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "роҳатулҳулқум"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "lokum"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "rahat-lokum"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "râhatü'l-hulkûm",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "راحت الحلقوم"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "raxát-lukúm",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "раха́т-луку́м"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "lukúm",
"sense": "confection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луку́м"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "rāhatu l-hulqūm",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "رَاحَتُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "lukūm",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "لُکُوم"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "rohat-luqum"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "confection",
"word": "như rahat-loukoum"
}
],
"word": "Turkish delight"
}
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