اینجو

Ottoman Turkish

اینجو

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *yinǯü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu) ~ 眞珠 (MC tsyin tsyu, “genuine pearl”). Cognate with Azerbaijani inci, Bashkir ынйы (ınyı), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Tatar энҗе (ence), Turkmen hünji and Uzbek inju.

Noun

اینجو • (inci, incü)

  1. pearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
    Synonyms: در (durr), لؤلؤ (lulu), مروارید (mervarid)

Derived terms

  • اینجو دانه‌سی (inci tanesi, single pearl)
  • اینجو چیچكی (inci çiçeği, lily of the valley)
  • اینجوجی (incici, dealer in pearls)
  • اینجولو (incili, set with pearls)
  • یالانجی اینجو (yalancı inci, false pearl)

Descendants

  • Turkish: inci
  • Armenian: ինճի (inči)

Further reading

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