macun

Meaning

1. (usually) 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

Concepts

paste

cement

theriac

Synonyms

ezme

yoğurulmuş

Translations

Paste

mastic

pâte

Pasten

عَجِين

macûn

Creme

Kitt

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: معجون

In summary

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