دیش معجونی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From دیش (diş, “tooth”) + معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty”).
Noun
- toothpaste, a paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth
- Synonym: پات (pat)
Descendants
- Turkish: diş macunu
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “diş macunu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1243
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “toothpaste”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 599b