ынйы

Bashkir

Ынйы.

Etymology

From *jinǯü ~ *jenčü (pearl), from Sinitic 珍珠 (MC ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “pearl”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jenčü, pearl); Tatar энҗе (ence), Karachay-Balkar инджи, Kazakh інжу (injw), Kyrgyz инжу (incu), Southern Altai јинји (ǰinǰi), Khakas нинӌі (nincí), Uzbek inju, Uyghur ئۇنجە (unje)/ئۇنجى (unji)/ئىنجۇ (inju), Turkish inci, Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnčĕ, pearl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̞nˈjɯ̞]
  • Hyphenation: ын‧йы

Noun

ынйы (ïnyï)

  1. pearl

Declension

References

  • Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 256
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