Where does “انجیر” come from?

انجیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian انجیر, from Middle Persian ʾncyl — fig.

انجیر (Ottoman Turkish): fig, the edible fruit of the tree Ficus carica, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds

Definitions

  1. fig, the edible fruit of the tree Ficus carica, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds

Ancestry of “انجیر”, step by step

انجیر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian انجیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianانجیرfig
2Middle Persianʾncylfig

via Classical Persian انجیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianانجیر—

Words derived from “انجیر”

Every word from Middle Persian ʾncyl →Every word from Persian انجیر →