blnc

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫉 (brynz /⁠brinz⁠/), 𐫃𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫝 (gwrync /⁠gurinǰ⁠/) — Manichaean

Etymology

From Old Persian *vrinjiš (“rice”).

Noun

blnc • (/brinǰ/)

  1. rice

Descendants
  • Classical Persian: برنج (birinj), (rare, archaic) گرنج (gurinj, guranj)
  • → Old Armenian: բրինձ (brinj) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Georgian: ბრინჯი (brinǯi) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܒܪܢܓ (brng)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 493a
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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 597f
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 364
  • Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 13
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 246
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