ʾncyl
Middle Persian
Etymology
Unknown. Akin to Sogdian ʾncyr (anjēr, “fig”) and Kurdish hejîr (“fig”).
Borrowed into Turkish incir, Sanskrit अञ्जीर (añjīra) and possibly into Middle Chinese 映日 (MC ʔɑŋX ȵiɪt̚) and 阿馹 (MC ʔɑ ȵiɪt̚) (Laufer, 1967: 410).
Noun
ʾncyl • (/*anjīr/)
- fig
Descendants
- Persian: انجیر (anjir)
- → Turkish: incir
- → Sanskrit: अञ्जीर (añjīra)
- → Middle Chinese: 映日 (MC ʔɑŋX ȵiɪt̚), 阿馹 (MC ʔɑ ȵiɪt̚), (possibly also) 阿駔 (MC ʔɑ d͡zuoX)
- → Chinese: 映日果 (yìngrìguǒ)
- → Russian: инжир (inžir)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “anjīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10.
- Gharib, B. (1995), “ʾncyr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 37.