ӗнчӗ
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Chuvash[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Old East Slavic жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) and Hungarian gyöngy), from Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).
Noun[edit]
ӗнчӗ • (ĕnč̬ĕ)