گرچ

Persian

Etymology

From Aramaic גִּירָא (gīrā), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (gīru, kīru, “kiln”), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “kiln”).

Noun

گرچ • (gerač)

(archaic) lime; plaster; mortar

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: كیرچ (kireç), كیرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كرج (kirec)
- Turkish: kireç
- → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
- → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
- → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кре̏ч
  Latin script: krȅč

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گرچ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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