صرچه

Ottoman Turkish
صرچه

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïrïčga (“glass, rock crystal”); cognate with Chuvash шăрçа (šărça), Karakhanid [script needed] (sɨrɨčɣa) and Turkmen syrça.

Noun

صرچه • (sırça)

  1. rock crystal, a clear, colorless form of quartz
  2. glass, an amorphous and often transparent substance
    Synonym: جام (cam)
  3. any precious stone in the rough; an uncut diamond
  4. the long, glossy hairs naturally found in some furs

Adjective

صرچه • (sırça)

  1. of glass, glassy, vitreous
    Synonym: جام (cam)

Derived terms
  • صرچه سرای (sırça saray, “glasshouse”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: sırça
  • → Armenian: սըռչա (səṙčʻa)
  • → Macedonian: срча (srča)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: срча
    Latin script: srča

Further reading
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