ʾncyl

Middle Persian

Etymology

Unknown. Akin to Sogdian ʾncyr (anjēr, “fig”) and Kurdish hejîr (“fig”).

Borrowed into Turkish incir, Sanskrit अञ्जीर (añjīra) and possibly into Middle Chinese 映日 (MC ʔɑŋ^X ȵiɪt̚) and 阿馹 (MC ʔɑ ȵiɪt̚) (Laufer, 1967: 410).

Noun

ʾncyl • (/*anjīr/)

fig

Descendants

Persian: انجیر‎ (anjir)
→ Turkish: incir
→ Sanskrit: अञ्जीर (añjīra)
→ Middle Chinese: 映日 (MC ʔɑŋ^X ȵiɪt̚), 阿馹 (MC ʔɑ ȵiɪt̚), (possibly also) 阿駔 (MC ʔɑ d͡zuo^X)
- → Chinese: 映日果 (yìngrìguǒ)
→ Russian: инжир (inžir)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “anjīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10.
Gharib, B. (1995), “ʾncyr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 37.

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