# معجون
## Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʕ.d͡ʒuːn/
* Rhymes: -uːn

### Noun

مَعْجُون • (maʕjūn) m (plural مَعَاجِين (maʕājīn))
* paste, cream
* putty

#### 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
### Etymology

From Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʕ.d͡ʒuːn/

### Noun

مَعْجون • (maʕjūn) m (plural مَعَاجين (maʕājīn))
* paste
* 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))
* (in general) paste, any soft and moist mixture of several ingredients incorporated together
    Synonym: خامور (hamur)
* putty, a cement made from linseed oil and whiting used in domestic construction and repair
* (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 (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 668
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معجون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, 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, 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, Vienna, column 4761
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “macun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معجون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1905

## Persian
### Etymology

From Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn).

### Noun

معجون • (ma'jun)
* mixture
* concoction
* potion

#### Descendants

* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਜੂਨ (mājūn)
    Shahmukhi script: ماجون (majun)