آفیون

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn, “opium”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion, “opium”).

Noun

آفیون • (afyon)

  1. opium, an addictive, narcotic drug obtained from the opium poppy

Derived terms

  • آفیون روحی (afyon ruhu, “laudanum”)
  • آفیون طوزی (afyon tuzu, “morphine”)
  • آفیون قره حصار (afyon kara hisar, “Afyonkarahisar”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: afyon
  • → Hungarian: áfium
  • → Macedonian: афион (afion)
  • → Romanian: afion
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: афѝо̄н
    Latin script: afìōn

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