انجیل

See also: إنجيل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion).

Proper noun

انجیل • (incil)

  1. (Christianity) gospel, evangel

Derived terms

  • انجیلجی (incilci, evangelist)
  • انجیلی (incili, evangelical)

Descendants

  • Turkish: İncil

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), itself from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn) or a variant thereof. Doublet of انگلیون (angalyun, Gospel), borrowed directly from Syriac, which this Arabic word displaced.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn.d͡ʒíːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪn.d͡ʒíːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔin.d͡ʒíl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? injīl
Dari reading? injīl
Iranian reading? enjil
Tajik reading? injil

Proper noun

انجیل • (enjil)

  1. the Gospel, the evangel
  2. (Christianity) the Bible, the New Testament

Derived terms

  • انجیلی (enjili)

Urdu

Noun

انجیل • (injīl) f (formal plural اناجیل, Hindi spelling इंजील)

  1. gospel
  • انجیلی (injīli)
  • انجیلیت (injīliyat)
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