ӗнчӗ

Chuvash

Etymology

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

ӗнчӗ • (ĕnč̬ĕ)

1. pearl