אורז \ אֹרֶז
órezmasculine
אורז \ אֹרֶז (órez) is the Hebrew word for rice.
The word is used to refer to the seeds of the rice plant used as food.
Meaning: seeds used as food (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The word is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
órez
Did you know?
- Because Hebrew does not have a native word for rice from the biblical period, אורז entered the language as a loanword long after the earliest texts were written.
- The Hebrew word אורז shares a common ancestor with the Ancient Greek word ὄρυζα, suggesting that the name for this grain traveled from Eastern Iranian languages through Greek into the Mediterranean.
- Because אורז is a loanword, it does not follow the internal logic of some ancient Hebrew root systems, making it a linguistic 'outsider' compared to native words for wheat or barley.
Examples in context
- אני אוהב לאכול אורז עם ירקות.I love to eat rice with vegetables.
- ברוב המסעדות בישראל מוציאים אורז כתוספת למנה הראשית.In most restaurants in Israel, rice is served as a side dish to the main course.
- אני אוכל אורז עם ירקותI eat rice with vegetables
Sources
- Wiktionary, “rice” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries אורז, CC BY-SA 4.0.
