ʾncyl

Middle Persian

Etymology

    Unknown. Akin to Sogdian 𐼰𐼻𐼿𐼷𐽀 (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

    ʾncyl • (/*anjīr/)

    1. fig

    Descendants

    • Persian: انجیر (anjir)
      • → Azerbaijani: əncir, incir
      • → Chechen: инжир (inžir)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: انجیر (encir, incir)
      • → Russian: инжир (inžir)
      • → Urdu: انجیر (añjīr)
    • → Sanskrit: अञ्जीर (añjīra)
    • → Middle Chinese: 映日 (MC 'angX nyit), 阿馹 (MC 'a nyit), (possibly also) 阿駔 (MC 'a dzuX)

    References

    • 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.
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