Where does “أرز” come from?

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

أرز (Arabic): cedar; rice; to telephone, to ring up

Definitions

  1. cedar; rice; to telephone, to ring up

Ancestry of “أرز”, step by step

أرز traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὄρυζα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
2Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Aramaic אַרְזָא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicאַרְזָא—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →