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lahmacun

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَحْم عَجِين (laḥm ʕajīn) — dish of Arab origin
  • Arabic: لَحْمَاجُون (laḥmājūn) — dish of Arab origin
  • Armenian: լահմաջո (lahmaǰo) — dish of Arab origin
  • Armenian: մսաշոթ (msašotʻ) — dish of Arab origin
  • Azerbaijani: lahmacun — dish of Arab origin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浪馬軍 /浪马军 (làngmǎjūn) — dish of Arab origin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉赫馬君 /拉赫马君 (lāhèmǎjūn) — dish of Arab origin
  • Dutch: lahmajoen — dish of Arab origin
  • Dutch: Turkse pizza — dish of Arab origin
  • Finnish: lahmacun — dish of Arab origin
  • Finnish: turkkilainen pizza — dish of Arab origin
  • French: lahmajoun — dish of Arab origin
  • Georgian: ლაჰმაჯუნი (lahmaǯuni) — dish of Arab origin
  • German: Türkische Pizza — dish of Arab origin
  • German: Lahmacun — dish of Arab origin
  • Greek: λαχματζούν (lachmatzoún) — dish of Arab origin
  • Hindi: लहमाजून (lahmājūn) — dish of Arab origin
  • Japanese: ラフマジュン (rafumajun) — dish of Arab origin
  • Korean: 라흐마준 (raheumajun) — dish of Arab origin
  • Northern Kurdish: lehmecûn — dish of Arab origin
  • Macedonian: лахмаџун (lahmadžun) — dish of Arab origin
  • Mongolian: лахмажун (laxmažun) — dish of Arab origin
  • Iranian Persian: لَحْمعَجین (lahm-ajin) — dish of Arab origin
  • Russian: лахмаджу́н (laxmadžún) — dish of Arab origin
  • Serbo-Croatian: лахмаџун — dish of Arab origin
  • Serbo-Croatian: lahmadžun — dish of Arab origin
  • Spanish: lehmeyún — dish of Arab origin
  • Turkish: lahmacun — dish of Arab origin
  • Ukrainian: лахмаджу́н (laxmadžún) — dish of Arab origin