Bakhtiari

Noun

برنج ‎(berenj)

1. rice

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برنج ‎(berenj).

Noun

برنج ‎(birinc)

1. rice

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پرنج ‎(pirinc)

Etymology

From Persian برنج ‎(berenj).

Noun

برنج • ‎(birinc)

1. rice

Descendants

• Turkish: pirinç

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian blnj ‎(*brinǰ); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [beˈɾend͡ʒ]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [beˈɾɪnd͡ʒ]
• (Harat) IPA^(key): [bæˈɾend͡ʒ]

Noun

برنج • ‎(berenj)

1. rice

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian blnc ‎(brinj, “bronze, brass”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian bryng ‎(bring, “bronze, brass”). Akin to Old Armenian պղինձ ‎(płinj, “copper”), Old Georgian პილენძი ‎(ṗilenʒi), Georgian სპილენძი ‎(sṗilenʒi), ბრინჯაო ‎(brinǯao, “bronze”), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

برنج • ‎(berenj)

1. brass

Derived terms

• برنجی ‎(berenji)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “پرنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul