اینجو
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Common Turkic *yinǯü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (MC ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo) ~ 眞珠 (MC t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “genuine pearl”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yenčü).
Noun
اینجو • (inci, incü)
- pearl
- Synonym: مروارید (mervarid)
Derived terms
- اینجوجی (incici)
Descendants
- Turkish: inci
- → Armenian: ինճի (inči)
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اینجو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 227
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “inci”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اینجو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 309
- Tekin, Talat (1997). "Notes on some Chinese Loanwords in Old Turkic", Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları, 7, pp. 165-173.