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macun

Pronunciation: /maːˈd͡ʒun/

“macun” is a Turkish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. 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. kind of semi-solid, sticky burnt sugar used for waxing
  4. drug made from filtered opium-gum that former addicts swallowed

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty”), itself from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, “paste; putty”).

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