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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (birchbark letter No. 809, 12th c.), from more common жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (since 1161), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy) with auslaut akin to *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), from Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).
Pronunciation
Noun
же́мчуг • (žémčug) m inan (genitive же́мчуга, nominative plural жемчуга́, genitive plural жемчуго́в, relational adjective жемчу́жный)
- pearl
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