English
lahmacun
Lahmacun comes from Arabic لَحْم عَجِين ‘meat and dough’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَحْم عَجِينlaḥm ʕajīn‘meat and dough’
- Turkish1928–presentlahmacun
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَحْم عَجِينlaḥm ʕajīn‘meat and dough’
- Turkish1928–presentlahmacun
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of لَحْم ‘meat’ + عَجِين ‘dough’
Proto-Afroasiatic *laḥam- ‘food’
Proto-Semitic *laḥm- ‘food, eatables’
Arabic لَحْم ‘meat’
Every English word from Arabic لَحْم عَجِين
Today it means
noun A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic لَحْم عَجِين / lahmacun