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Reconstruction:Old Persian/vrinjiš

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš[1] (compare Sogdian ܒܪܝܢܢܨ (βrync /⁠βrinč⁠/), Mazanderani وینج (vinj)), unexplained nasalized variant of *wriHǰíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wriHǰʰíš, whence Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhí, rice). Further cognate with Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐼼𐼸 (rysk /⁠rise⁠/), Pashto وريژې pl (wriže), Khotanese [script needed] (rrīysu), Yagnobi rēžōna, Zazaki riz, Northern Kurdish riz, Ormuri رېزان (rēzan), Talysh برز (berz), Gilaki بج (bəj), Kermanic beray. Possibly related to Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (rice).

Noun

*vrinjiš[2]

  1. rice

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫉 (brynz /⁠brinz⁠/), 𐫃𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫝 (gwrync /⁠gurinǰ⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (brnc /⁠brinǰ⁠/)
  • Elamite: 𒈪𒊑𒍢𒆜 (mi-ri-zí-iš), [script needed] (ru-mi-zí-iš)

References

  1. Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation), Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 32:PIr *u̯rī̆nǰi-
  2. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 69:OP *vrinji-
  3. Tavernier, Jan (2007) chapter 457, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page *Vrīziš:*Vrīziš
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