inci

Meaning

Noun

pearl

Adj

pearl, made of pearl

Concepts

pearl

st

Synonyms

boncuk

cariye

tesbih tanesi

Translations

Perle

perle

perla

parel

pèrla

pérola

μαργαριτάρι

perla

perla

margarita

مگریت

perlouze

لؤلؤ

دُرّ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[indʒi]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اینجو

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish اینجو (inci, incü), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinčü, 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.