برِٛمِج
Kashmiri
Alternative forms
- برٛیٖمدوٗ (brīmdū), برِٛملہ (brimla), برٛوٗمیٖج (brūmīj)
Etymology
Perhaps from Sanskrit *vr̥mra (“globular fruit, walnut”).[1] But compare Middle Armenian բռնչի (bṙnčʿi, “Celtis”), բռինչ (bṙinčʿ, “fruit of Celtis”), Old Georgian ბრინჯი (brinǯi, “Celtis”).
Noun
برِٛمِج (brimij) f (Devanagari ब्रिमिज्)
- Caucasian hackberry, Celtis australis subsp. caucasica
Derived terms
- برِٛمجہِ چونٛٹھ (briٛmji cōnṭh, “the small fruit of this tree”)
Descendants
- → English: brimji
Further reading
- Elmslie, William Jackson (1872) , “Celtis caucasica”, in A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language, London: Church Missionary House, page 10b
- Grierson, George Abraham (1932) , “ब्रिमिज्”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 123
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “*vr̥mra (12079)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 700