برِٛمِج

Kashmiri

Alternative forms

  • برٛیٖمدوٗ (brīmdū), برِٛملہ (brimla), برٛوٗمیٖج (brūmīj)

Etymology

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

برِٛمِج • (brimij) f (Devanagari ब्रिमिज)

  1. Caucasian hackberry, Celtis australis subsp. caucasica

Derived terms

  • برِٛمجہِ چونٛٹھ (“the small fruit of this tree”)

Descendants

  • → English: brimji

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vr̥mra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 700

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