arroz
ricecereal de grano blanco que se cultiva en terrenos inundados
Comes from Arabic
الرُّزّ
ar-ruzz
“the rice”«el arroz»
Arabic today says
أَرُزّ
aruzz
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
R is a sun letter: al-ruzz sounds like ar-ruzz, hence arroz. Arabic took it from Greek óryza; in the Levant people say rizz, and in Egypt rozz.La r es letra solar: al-ruzz suena ar-ruzz, y de ahí arroz. El árabe lo tomó del griego óryza; en el Levante se dice rizz y en Egipto rozz.
In a sentence
La paella se hace con arroz.
Paella is made with rice.
تُطْبَخُ البَايِيَّا بِالأَرُزّ.
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