برِٛمِج
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Kashmiri[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Sanskrit वृम्र (vṛmra, “globular fruit, walnut”).[1] Compare Middle Armenian բռնչի (bṙnčʻi, “Celtis”), բռինչ (bṙinčʻ, “fruit of Celtis”), Old Georgian ბრინჯი (brinǯi, “Celtis”).
Noun[edit]
برِٛمِج • (brimij) f (Devanagari ब्रिमिज)
Derived terms[edit]
- برِٛمجہِ چونٛٹھ (“the small fruit of this tree”)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: brimji
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vr̥mra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 700
Further reading[edit]
- Elmslie, William Jackson (1872) “Celtis caucasica”, in A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language[1], London: Church Missionary House, page 10b
- Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “برِٛمِج”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 123