Where does “жемчужный” come from?
жемчужный (Russian) comes from Russian же́мчуг, from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ, from Khazar *ǯinǯü, from Common Turkic *yinǯü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.
жемчужный (Russian): pearl; pearly
Ancestry of “жемчужный”, step by step