blnj

From Old Persian *𐎻𐎼𐎴𐎪 (*vi-r-n-ji /*vrinǰi-/), which is related to synonymous Sogdian ܒܪܝܢܢܨ‎ (βrync /βrinč/) and, without the nasal infix, Sogdian 𐽀𐼷𐼼𐼸‎, 𐫡𐫏𐫘𐫐‎ (rysk /rise, rē̆se/), [script needed] (ryzʾkh /rezak, reze?/), Pashto وريژې‎ pl (wriže), Khotanese [script needed] (rrīysu), Yagnobi рӣжона (rīžona), режона (režona), Zazaki riz, Ormuri ريدزن‎ (rīdzan), رېزان‎ (rēzan), Talysh برز‎ (berz), Gilaki بج‎ (bəj), Mazanderani وینج‎ (vinj), بینج‎ (binj). Compare also Elamite 𒈪𒊑𒍢𒆜 (mi-ri-zi-iš),[1] an Iranian borrowing.

According to Mayrhofer, these Iranian words are borrowed from an Eastern cultural Wanderwort reflected also in Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi); see there for more.

Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), ὄρυζον (óruzon, “rice”), ὀρίνδης (oríndēs, “bread made of rice flour”) are borrowed from an Iranian dialect.

Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܐ‎ (rūzā), Arabic رُزّ‎ (ruzz) are from the same Wanderwort, perhaps borrowed via Iranian.

blnj • (/*brinǰ/)

1. rice

• Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫉‎ (brynz /*brinz/)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բրինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 493a
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• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 364
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