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Where does “أرز” come from?

أرز (Andalusian Arabic) comes from Arabic أَرُّزّ, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “أرز”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرُّزّ—
2Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
3Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

Words derived from “أرز”

  • alerce
  • alerce
  • arroz
  • arrozal
  • arrozico
  • arroz
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