معجون

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ج ن (ʕ-j-n)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.d͡ʒuːn/

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
• → Northern Kurdish: macûn
• → Persian: معجون (ma'jun)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਜੂਨ (mājūn)

    Shahmukhi script: ماجون (majun)

• → Swahili: majuni
• → Ottoman Turkish: معجون (maʿcun)
  • Turkish: macun
  • → Armenian: մաճուն (mačun)
  • → Romanian: magiun

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) (plural معاجین (meʼacin))

1. (in general) paste, any soft and moist mixture of several ingredients incorporated together
2. putty, a form of 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”)
• معجون كش (maʼcun keş, “kind of spatula”)
• معجون گبی (maʼcun gibi, “soft like putty”)
• معجونجی (maʼcuncu, “maker or seller of electuaries”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: macun
• → Armenian: մաճուն (mačun)
• → Romanian: magiun

Further reading

• 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)