Etymology

lahmacun

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Today it means: A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb). Full definition →

Turkish lahmacun ← Arabic لَحْم عَجِين
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  1. Arabic · derived fromلَحْم عَجِين“meat and dough”
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromlahmacun
  3. English todaylahmacun

From Turkish lahmacun, from Arabic لَحْم عَجِين (laḥm ʕajīn, “meat and dough”), from لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”) + عَجِين (ʕajīn, “dough”).

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