انجیر

Ottoman Turkish

انجیر

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian انجیر (anjir).

Noun

انجیر • (encir, incir)

  1. fig, the fruit of the tree Ficus carica
    Synonym: تین (tin)

Derived terms

  • انجیر آدم (incir âdem, prickly pear)
  • انجیر آغاجی (incir ağacı, fig tree)
  • انجیر دلن (incir delen, figpecker)
  • انجیر قوشی (incir kuşu, figpecker)

Descendants

  • Turkish: incir

Further reading

Persian

Dari انجیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik анҷир

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾncyl (anjīr, fig). Cognates found in Sogdian ʾncyr (anjēr) and Northern Kurdish hejîr. From the same Middle Iranian source, this word has been borrowed into Turkish incir, Russian инжир (inžir) and Sanskrit अञ्जीर (añjīra).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒíːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒíːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔän.d͡ʒíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? anjīr
Dari reading? anjīr
Iranian reading? anjir
Tajik reading? anjir

Noun

انجیر • (anjir)

  1. fig

Descendants

Southwestern Fars

Noun

انجیر (anjir)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) fig

Urdu

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ən.d͡ʒiːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɾ
  • Hyphenation: اَنْ‧جِیر

Noun

اَنْجِیر • (anjīr) m (Hindi spelling अंजीर)

  1. ficus (tree)
  2. fig (fruit)
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