çukulat

English translation: chocolate dried figs

15:04 Dec 5, 2008
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Food & Drink / Fig Varieties
Turkish term or phrase: çukulat
Hi,

The word is to be found in the name of a delicious variety of fig: Smyrna çukulat incir.

Many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:05
English translation:chocolate dried figs
Explanation:
Explanation:
In Cyprus (I think in İzmir as well) we call chocolate "çukulat", even "çakulet".

And I ASSUME that in your context (figs), as dried figs look brownish, they are called "çukulat" (chocolate) incir".

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Nagme Yazgin
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:05
Grading comment
many thanks excellent
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5chocolate dried figs
Nagme Yazgin
5 +4chocolate
Ali Yildirim MCIL CL MITI
5chocolat/chocolata
gulakbelen (X)


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
chocolate


Explanation:
chocolate

Ali Yildirim MCIL CL MITI
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:05
Native speaker of: Turkish

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
chocolate dried figs


Explanation:
Explanation:
In Cyprus (I think in İzmir as well) we call chocolate "çukulat", even "çakulet".

And I ASSUME that in your context (figs), as dried figs look brownish, they are called "çukulat" (chocolate) incir".



Nagme Yazgin
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

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agree  Ulgen Unaldi: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.taris.com....
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agree  semen
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agree  Mehmet Hascan: sinfully delicious :-))
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agree  Alp Berker
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agree  Tim Drayton: Orhan Kabataş'ın "Kıbrıs Türkçesinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü"ne göre, Gıbrısca'da "çakulet/çukulut/çukulet/çukulata" olur.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
chocolat/chocolata


Explanation:
chocolat figs or chocolata figs.


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gulakbelen (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 04:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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