برن

بَرْنِىٌّ برنى برني A sort of dates, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) well known, (K,) the best of dates, (M,) or of the best of dates, (Msb,) red, intermixed, or tinged, with yellow, having much لِحَاآء [i. e. flesh, or pulp ], and very sweet, (T,) or yellow, and round: (M:) n. un. with ة: (M:) it is an arabicized word, originally بَرْنِيكْ, i. e. good, or excellent, fruit: (K:) accord. to AHn, of Persian origin, i. e., بَارْنِىْ; بار meaning fruit, and نى denoting egregiousness: (M:) accord. to Suh, a foreign, or Persian, word, meaning blessed [or good or excellent] fruit; بَرٌ meaning fruit; and هِنِى, good or excellent [or wholesome]: the Arabs introduced it into their language: (Msb:) or, accord. to the Moajam of El-Bekree, it is from بَرْنٌ, the name of a town, or village. (TA.) It is converted by a rájiz into بَرْنِجّ; the double ى being changed into [double] ج. (S, M.) ― -b2- You say also نَخْلٌ بَرْنِىٌّ and نَخْلَةٌ بَرْنِيَّةٌ [ Palm-trees, and a palm-tree, of which the dates are of the sort described above ]. (T.)