Hyphenation
Ber·ryTurkish pronunciation
beriPronunciation
/ˈberē/ /ˈbɛriː/
Etymology
[ 'ber-E ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English berye, from Old English beriġe, from Proto-Germanic *bazjan 'berry' (compare Dutch bezie, bes, German Beere, Danish bær), from Proto-Indo-European *bhes- 'to blow, chew, rub' (compare Tocharian B pās- 'to whisper', Albanian fshij 'to sweep, wipe, brush', Ancient Greek psāein 'to rub', phámmos 'sand', Sanskrit बभस्ति (bábhasti) 'he chews, masticates, devours', प्साति (psāti) 'he chews, swallows'). For the semantic development, compare Old Church Slavonic gruša 'pear', from grušiti 'to break, destroy'; Latin pirum 'pear', from *peis- 'to stick, pound'.