Etymology Explorer › Mingrelian

Where does “ბრინჯი” come from?

ბრინჯი (Mingrelian) comes from Georgian ბრინჯი, from Middle Persian blnc, from Old Persian *vrinjiš, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

ბრინჯი (Mingrelian): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “ბრინჯი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianბრინჯიrice
2Middle Persianblnc—
3Old Persian*vrinjiš—
4Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →