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)

1. brass
2. 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