инји

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jinǯü ~ *jenčü (pearl), from Sinitic 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu, “pearl”). See also. јинји (ǰinǰi)., Compare to Kyrgyz инжу (inju), etc.

Noun

инји • (inǰi)

  1. pearl

Declension

Inflection of инји
singular plural
absolute инји (inǰi) инјилер (inǰiler)
definite genitive инјиниҥ (inǰiniŋ) инјилердиҥ (inǰilerdiŋ)
dative инјиге (inǰige) инјилерге (inǰilerge)
definite accusative инјини (inǰini) инјилерди (inǰilerdi)
locative инјиде (inǰide) инјилерде (inǰilerde)
ablative инјидеҥ (inǰideŋ) инјилердеҥ (inǰilerdeŋ)

References

Verbickij, V. I. (1884), “инји”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan, page 62