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Where does “اینجو” come from?

اینجو (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

Ancestry of “اینجو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkic*yinčü—
2Middle Chinese珍珠—
Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →