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Southern Altai
Etymology
From *jinǯü ~ *jenčü (“pearl”),
from Sinitic 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu, “pearl”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur (jenčü, “pearl”);
Bashkir ынйы (ınyı)
Tatar энҗе (ence),
Karachay-Balkar инджи (inci),
Kumyk инжи (inji),
Kazakh інжу (ınju),
Kyrgyz инжу (inju),
Shor ненчи,
Khakas нинӌі (nincì),
Northern Altai чиндьи (čindʹi)
Tofa ниньҷи,
Tuvan чинжи (çinji)
Uzbek inju,
Uyghur ئۇنجە (unje)/ئۇنجى (unji)/ئىنجۇ (inju),
Turkish inci,
Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ, “pearl”).
Noun
јинји • (ǰinǰi)
- pearl
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јинји”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN