دیش معجونی

Ottoman Turkish

دیش معجونی

Etymology

From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty”).

Noun

دیش معجونی • (diş maʼcunu)

1. toothpaste, a paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth

   Synonym: پات (pat)

Descendants

• Turkish: diş macunu

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “diş macunu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1243
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “toothpaste”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 599b