Thursday, 30 August 2012

الأرز Rice

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الأرز
(al-arij) means the Rice and it is probable that it has roots in the greek word όρυζα (oriza)/ρύζι (rizi) .From the greek word derive the latin ,french, english etc words for Rice. However in an earlier stage the word and the plant/product came from the East (Persia,Tamil language or another). In Turkish is pirinç, which according to the dictionary of Nişanyan is of the same east origin.

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