Reconstruction:Old Persian/vrinjiš
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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 (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]
Alternative reconstructions
- *vrīziš[3]
Descendants
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫉 (brynz /brinz/), 𐫃𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫝 (gwrync /gurinǰ/)
- Book Pahlavi script: (brnc /brinǰ/)
- 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)
- → Elamite: 𒈪𒊑𒍢𒆜 (mi-ri-zí-iš /miriziš/), 𒊒𒈪𒍢𒆜 (rumiziš)
References
- ^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation), Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 32: “PIr *u̯rī̆nǰi-”
- ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 69: “OP *vrinji-”
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “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”