Where does “برنج” come from?

برنج (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian برنج, from Middle Persian blnc, from Old Persian *vrinjiš, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

برنج (Ottoman Turkish): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “برنج”, step by step

برنج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian برنج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبرنجrice; brass
2Middle Persianblncrice
3Old Persian*vrinjišrice
4Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Classical Persian برنج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبرنج—

Words derived from “برنج”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Old Persian *vrinjiš →Every word from Middle Persian blnc →