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lahmacun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lah-ma-cun
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: lahmacun, لَحْم عَجِين, ل ح م

Usage

Inflected Forms

lahmacuns (plural) lahmajo (alternative) lahmajou (alternative) lahmajoun (alternative)

Questions

What does lahmacun mean?
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).
Where does lahmacun come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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