nohut
/nohut/from spelling rules
The English word "chickpea" is nohut in Turkish.
The word nohut refers to the chickpea seed. The word nohutlu means with chickpeas.
Meaning: seed (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is /nohut/. It sounds like the [n] in "not", the [h] in "home" and the [oo] in "cool".
Did you know?
- Turkish cuisine features a unique snack called leblebi, which are double-roasted chickpeas that become crunchy and dry, unlike the boiled nohut used in meals.
- In some Turkish idioms, mentioning small things can be linked to the size of a nohut to emphasize how tiny or insignificant an object is.
- The Turkish word nohut is a direct descendant of the Persian word naxōd, meaning it has traveled through many centuries and cultures to reach its current form.
Examples in context
- Nohut çorbası pişirdim.I cooked chickpea soup.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use nohut in a sentence about cooking.Tatoeba #2196838 by musgndz, translation #2196831 by musgndz
- Yarım kilo nohut istiyorumI'd like half a kilogram of chickpeas
- Nohut sağlıklı bir besindirChickpeas are a healthy food
- Annem mercimek çorbasına nohut ekler.My mother adds chickpeas to lentil soup.
- Ramazan ayında hummustan sonra bir tabak nohut yemek gelenektir.Eating a plate of chickpeas after hummus is a tradition during Ramadan.
- Bugün nohutlu pilav yaptım. Çok lezzetli oldu!Today I made chickpea pilaf. It was very delicious!
- Bu yemekte nohut var mı?Is there chickpea in this dish?
- Marketten bir kilo nohut aldım.I bought one kilo of chickpeas from the market.
Example conversation
In a kitchen while preparing dinner.
- ElifAkşam yemeği için nohut lazım mı?Do we need chickpeas for dinner?
- MehmetEvet Elif, bir paket nohut alabilir misin?Yes Elif, can you buy a packet of chickpeas?
- ElifTamam Mehmet, hemen markete gidiyorum.Okay Mehmet, I am going to the market right away.
- MehmetTeşekkürler, dikkatli git.Thanks, go carefully.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “chickpea” translations and entries nohut, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Turkish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries nohut, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
