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 Persianblncrice
3Old Persian*vrinjišrice
4Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Old Persian *vrinjiš →Every word from Middle Persian blnc →
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