انجیل

See also: إنجيل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion).

Proper noun

انجیل • (incil)

  1. (Christianity) gospel, evangel

Derived terms

  • انجیلجی (incilci, evangelist)
  • انجیلی (incili, evangelical)

Descendants

  • Turkish: İncil

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), itself from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn) or a variant thereof. Doublet of انگلیون (angalyūn / angalyun, Gospel), borrowed directly from Syriac, which this Arabic word displaced.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? injīl
Dari reading? injīl
Iranian reading? enjil
Tajik reading? injil

Proper noun

Dari انجیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Инҷил

انجیل • (injīl / enjil)

  1. the gospel, the evangel
  2. (Christianity) the Bible, the New Testament

Derived terms

  • انجیلی (injīlī / enjili)

Urdu

Noun

انجیل • (injīlf (formal plural اناجیل, Hindi spelling इंजील)

  1. gospel
  • انجیلی (injīli)
  • انجیلیت (injīliyat)