珍珠

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (珍珠)		珍	珠
alternative forms		真珠 obsolete

Etymology

Pearls were previously called 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 珍珠

1. pearl (Classifier: 粒; 顆／颗 m)
2. tapioca pearl (Classifier: 粒; 顆／颗 m)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真珠, 珍珠):

• → Japanese: 真珠(しんじゅ) (shinju)
• → Korean: 진주(眞珠, 珍珠) (jinju( 眞珠 , 珍珠 ))
• → Vietnamese: trân châu (真珠, 珍珠)

Others:

• Turkic languages
  • Bashkir: ынйы (ınyı)
  • Turkish: inci
  • Yakut: чөмчүүк (cömcüük)
• Russian: же́мчуг (žémčug) (borrowed from Turkic)
• Uralic languages
  • Erzya: жемчуг (žemčug)
  • Finnish: simpukka 'mollusc, bivalve, clam' (borrowed from Russian же́мчуг)
  • Hungarian: gyöngy (borrowed from Turkic)
  • Karelian: šimtšukka 'freshwater pearl mollusc, bivalve' (borrowed from Russian же́мчуг)
• Muong: tlần chầu

(deprecated template usage)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
珍	珠

Noun

珍珠 • (jinju) (hangeul 진주)

1. Hanja form^? of 진주 (“pearl”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
珍	珠

Noun

珍珠

1. chữ Hán form of trân châu (“pearl”).