ბრინჯი

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Persian blnc (brinǰ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ɾind͡ʒi]
• Hyphenation: ბრინ‧ჯი

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Noun

ბრინჯი • (brinǯi) (uncountable)

1. rice

Derived terms

• ბრინჯივით დაიბნევა (brinǯivit daibneva)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-бры́нџь (a-brə́ndž), а-пры́нџь (a-pʼrə́ndž) (or via Mingrelian)
• → Bats: ბრინჯ (brinǯ)
• → Bezhta: биринжи (birinži)
• → Mingrelian: ბრინჯი (brinǯi)
• → Svan: ბრინჯ (brinǯ)

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Georgian ბრინჯი (brinǯi).

Noun

ბრინჯი • (brinǯi)

1. rice

   Synonym: ორზა (orza)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბრინჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 128
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბრინჯი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 207b

Old Georgian

Etymology

Related to Middle Armenian բռինչ (bṙinčʻ).

Noun

ბრინჯი • (brinǯi)

1. nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
   • 9th–14th centuries, The Georgian Chronicles 85.13–86.1:

     და მუნ დგა ხჱ შუენიერი ბრინჯისაჲ

     da mun dga xē šuenieri brinǯisay

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       there stood an acacia tree

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ბრინჯი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 81a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բռինչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
• Čubinov, David (1887) “ბრინჯაოს ხე”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[2], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 117a
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “აკაკი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბრინჯი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: Garnett Press