معجون

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ج ن (ʕ j n)
5 terms

Derived from the passive participle of عَجَنَ (ʕajana, “to knead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.d͡ʒuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

مَعْجُون • (maʕjūn) m (plural مَعَاجِين (maʕājīn))

1. paste, cream
2. putty

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْجُون (maʕjūn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْجُون maʕjūn	الْمَعْجُون al-maʕjūn	مَعْجُون maʕjūn
nominative	مَعْجُونٌ maʕjūnun	الْمَعْجُونُ al-maʕjūnu	مَعْجُونُ maʕjūnu
accusative	مَعْجُونًا maʕjūnan	الْمَعْجُونَ al-maʕjūna	مَعْجُونَ maʕjūna
genitive	مَعْجُونٍ maʕjūnin	الْمَعْجُونِ al-maʕjūni	مَعْجُونِ maʕjūni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْجُونَيْن maʕjūnayn	الْمَعْجُونَيْن al-maʕjūnayn	مَعْجُونَيْ maʕjūnay
nominative	مَعْجُونَانِ maʕjūnāni	الْمَعْجُونَانِ al-maʕjūnāni	مَعْجُونَا maʕjūnā
accusative	مَعْجُونَيْنِ maʕjūnayni	الْمَعْجُونَيْنِ al-maʕjūnayni	مَعْجُونَيْ maʕjūnay
genitive	مَعْجُونَيْنِ maʕjūnayni	الْمَعْجُونَيْنِ al-maʕjūnayni	مَعْجُونَيْ maʕjūnay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعَاجِين maʕājīn	الْمَعَاجِين al-maʕājīn	مَعَاجِين maʕājīn
nominative	مَعَاجِينُ maʕājīnu	الْمَعَاجِينُ al-maʕājīnu	مَعَاجِينُ maʕājīnu
accusative	مَعَاجِينَ maʕājīna	الْمَعَاجِينَ al-maʕājīna	مَعَاجِينَ maʕājīna
genitive	مَعَاجِينَ maʕājīna	الْمَعَاجِينِ al-maʕājīni	مَعَاجِينِ maʕājīni

Descendants

• → English: majoun
• → Azerbaijani: məcun
• → Northern Kurdish: macûn
• → Persian: معجون (ma'jun)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਜੂਨ (mājūn)

    Shahmukhi script: ماجون (majun)

• → Swahili: majuni
• → Ottoman Turkish: معجون (maʿcun)
  • Turkish: macun
  • → Albanian: maxhunë
  • → Armenian: մաճուն (mačun)
  • → Ladino: madjun
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: маджун (madžun)
  • → Romanian: magiun
• → Turkmen: melgun
• → Uzbek: ma'jun

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ج ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.d͡ʒuːn/

Noun

مَعْجون • (maʕjūn) m (plural مَعَاجين (maʕājīn))

1. paste
2. toothpaste

See also

• مَعْجون أسْنان (maʕjūn ʔasnān, “toothpaste”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, “paste; putty”), a derivation from the past participle of عَجَنَ (ʕajana, “to knead”).

Noun

معجون • (maʼcun) (definite accusative معجونی (maʼcunu), plural معاجین (meʼâcin))

1. (in general) paste, any soft and moist mixture of several ingredients incorporated together

   Synonyms: خامور (hamur), خرج (harc)

2. putty, a cement made from linseed oil and whiting used in domestic construction and repair
3. (medicine) electuary, any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener

Derived terms

• جامجی معجونی (camcı maʼcunu, “glazier's putty”)
• جواهر معجونی (cevahir maʼcunu, “sort of electuary with precious stones”)
• دیش معجونی (diş maʼcunu, “toothpaste”)
• صارمصاق معجونی (sarımsak maʼcunu, “diascordium”)
• صو یولجی معجونی (su yolcu maʼcunu, “kind of putty used to stop cracks in waterpipes”)
• كلینجك معجونی (gelincik maʼcunu, “sort of electuary given to brides”)
• كوروكجی اوغلی معجونی (körükcü oğlu maʼcunu, “a much esteemed opiate electuary”)
• معجون اجاص (maʼcun-ı iccas, “diaprunum”)
• معجون حنظل (maʼcun-ı hanzal, “diacolocynthidos”)
• معجون سفرجل (maʼcun-ı sefercil, “diacydonium”)
• معجون كبی (maʼcun gibi, “soft like putty”)
• معجون كش (maʼcun keş, “kind of spatula”)
• معجون مخدر (maʼcun-ı muhâddir, “philonium”)
• معجون مسهل (maʼcun-ı mushil, “diacatholicon”)
• معجون مشتهر (maʼcun-ı muştehir, “catholicon”)
• معجونجی (maʼcuncu, “maker or seller of electuaries”)
• معجونلامق (maʼcunlamak, “to putty”)

Descendants

• Turkish: macun
• → Albanian: maxhunë
• → Armenian: մաճուն (mačun)
• → Ladino: madjun
• → Pannonian Rusyn: маджун (madžun)
• → Romanian: magiun

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “معجون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 773
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “macun”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2998
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “maʿcûn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 668
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معجون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1190
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Electuarium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 455
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “معجون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4761
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “macun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معجون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1905

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn).

Noun

معجون • (ma'jun)

1. mixture
2. concoction
3. potion

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਜੂਨ (mājūn)

  Shahmukhi script: ماجون (majun)