Northern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *jinǯü. Cognate to Khakas нинӌі (nincì), Shor ненчи (nenči), Tofa ниньҷи (ninci), Tuvan чинжи (çinji), Western Yugur unžo, Turkish inci, Azerbaijani inci, Turkmen hünji, Kazakh інжу (ınju), Kyrgyz инжу (inju), Southern Altai јинји (ǰinǰi), Karachay-Balkar инджи (inci), Karaim in'dži/ иньджи, Kumyk инжи (inji), Bashkir ынйы (ınyı), Tatar энҗе (ence), Uzbek inju, Uyghur ئۇنجە (unje)/ئۇنجى (unji)/ئىنجۇ (inju), Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ), etc.

Noun edit

чинче (činče)

  1. pearl

See also edit

References edit

L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “чинче”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN