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ʾncyl

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Middle Persian

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Etymology

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    Unknown. Akin to Sogdian ʾncyr (anjēr, fig) and Northern Kurdish hejîr (fig).

    Borrowed into Turkish incir, Sanskrit अञ्जीर (añjīra) and possibly into Middle Chinese 映日 (MC 'angX nyit) and 阿馹 (MC 'a nyit) (Laufer, 1967: 410).

    Noun

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    ʾncyl (/*anjīr/)

    1. fig

    Descendants

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    References

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    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “anjīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10.
    • Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾncyr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 37.