Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in 1161. Borrowed from Bulgar *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), *ǯinǯü (nom. sg.), from Common Turkic *yinǯü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, true pearls).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Doublet of инчи (inči).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʑɪnɪt͡ɕuɡʊ//ˈʑɪnʲɪt͡ɕuɡʊ//ˈʑɛnʲt͡ɕuɡ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɪnɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɪnʲɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʲt͡ɕuɡ/

  • Hyphenation: жь‧нь‧чю‧гъ

Noun

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жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭm

  1. pearl
    Synonym: инчи (inči)

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References

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  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “же́мчуг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 284
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1967) “же́мчуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 46
  3. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “же́мчуг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 298
  4. ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “жемчуг”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 267
  5. ^ Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “же́мчугъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 227
  6. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жемчуг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 192
  7. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “же́мчуг”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 363
  8. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жэ́мчуг”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 270

Further reading

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жемчꙋгъ = женьчюгъ = женчꙋгъ = жомчꙋгъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 855
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “жемчоугъ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 244
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “женчоугъ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1978), “жемчугъ (жьнчюгъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 5 (е – зинутие), Moscow: Nauka, page 86