گورونج

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Classical Persian گُرِنْجْ (gurinj), from Middle Persian blnc (brinj), from Old Persian *vrinjiš, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

    Noun

    گورونج • (gürünj)

    1. rice
      Synonym: توتورغان (tuturġan)

    Descendants

    • Uzbek: guruch
    • Uyghur: گۈرۈچ (gürüch)

    References

    • Mehmet Turgut Berbercan (Spring 2012), “Doğu Türkçesine Ait Bir Botanik Lügatçesi [A Botanical Glossary of Eastern Turki]”, in Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi[1] (in Turkish), number 16, pages 35-56:گورونج gürünc: Pirinç / Rice / Oryza sativa
    • Schluessel, Eric (2015), “کورونج”, in Digital glossary of Eastern Turki[2]