pearl (concretion from oysters or imitation thereof) · bead (any roundish object that is put on a string)
çekim: çoğul Perlen · tamlayan Perlen
köken: From Middle High German perle, from Old High German perala, perula, from Vulgar Latin *perla (compare Old French perle). Further origin uncertain; perhaps from perna (“leg”), referring to the shape of the bivalve. See pearl for more.
köken: Inherited from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Old East Slavic жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) and Hungarian gyöngy), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (trin tsyu), 真珠 (tsyin tsyu, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).
a pearl, a precious, round shelly concretion from oysters or other molluscs · its imitation · mother of pearl, the natural material pearls are made from
çekim: çoğul parels
köken: From Middle Dutch perle, peerle, paerle, parle, presumably via French perle, from Italian perla, from Medieval Latin perla, plausibly a diminutive of Latin perna (“clam, pearl”). Cognate with English pearl; alternative derivations from Latin birna (“pear”) or beryllus (“beryl”) lack plausibility; the letter sense is apparently popular etymology from nonparel, itself from French nonpareille. Its…
köken: From Byzantine Greek διαμάντιν (diamántin), from Italian diamante, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).
pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) · bead (small, round object, such as those attached with a thread or string to form a chain) · pearl (font size)
çekim: çoğul helmet · tamlayan helmen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *helmi, which may be a substrate word.
pearl (a hard round object produced by certain mollusks, often used as jewelry)
çekim: çoğul gyöngyök
köken: Inherited from Old Hungarian *dzsindzsü, borrowed from Bulgar *ǯinǯü, whence also Old East Slavic жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ), further from Proto-Common Turkic *yinǯü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (trin tsyu), 真珠 (tsyin tsyu, “true pearls”), whence Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū). Compare Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Turkish inci.