جنجو

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

• ىِنْجُو (injǖ) (Oghuz and Kipchak)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo). Compare Turkish inci.

Pronoun

جِنْجُو (jinjǖ)

1. pearl

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 417