English
majoun
Majoun comes from Arabic مَعْجُون ‘paste, cream’, and goes back to عَجَنَ ‘to knead’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentعَجَنَʕajana‘to knead’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَعْجُون‘paste, cream’literally ‘paste’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962majoun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentعَجَنَʕajana‘to knead’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَعْجُون‘paste, cream’literally ‘paste’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962majoun
Earliest quotation: 1962, 1959, William S. Burroughs: “I recall once after an overdose of Majoun (this…”
The story
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, literally “paste”).
Every English word from Arabic عَجَنَ
Today it means
noun A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic عَجَنَ / majoun