инји

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *jinǯü ~ *jenčü (“pearl”), from Sinitic 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu, “pearl”). See also. јинји (ǰinǰi)., Compare to Kyrgyz инжу (inju), etc.

Noun edit

инји • (inǰi)

pearl

References edit

V. verbickij, editor (1884), “инји”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN, page 62