پرنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

برنج (berenj)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian պղինձ (płinj, “copper”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pi.ɾinɡ], [pi.ɾanɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	piring, pirang

Noun

پرنگ • (piring) (archaic, Early Classical Persian)

brass
copper

Descendants

Malay: piring
- Indonesian: piring
- → Afrikaans: piering
- → Portuguese: pires
  - → Bengali: পিরিচ (piric)
- → Ternate: piring

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پرنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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