ברוש

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ב־ר־שׁ (b-r-š)

An old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. Doublet of בְּרֹות (brot), the Aramaic form.

Noun

בְּרוֹשׁ • (brosh) m (plural indefinite בְּרוֹשִׁים)

  1. cypress

Descendants
  • → Ge'ez: ቢሮሽ (biroš), ቤሩሽ (beruš, “cypress”) (from the singular)
  • → Ge'ez: ቢሩሲም (birusim), በርሲም (bärsim), ቤሬሲም (beresim), ቤሩሲም (berusim, “cypress”) (from the plural)

References
  • “ברוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 84

Further reading
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