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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yinčü, itself borrowed from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu, “pearl, gem”). Cognate with Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ), Turkish inci (“pearl”), Uzbek inju, Bashkir ынйы (ınyı), Yakut чөмчүүк (cömcüük). Compare also Hungarian gyöngy, Russian же́мчуг (žémčug), Turkic borrowings.
Noun
𐰘𐰨𐰇 (yinčü)
- pearl
Derived terms
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yinčü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 403
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yinçü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 944