βούρτσα

From Byzantine Greek βούρτσα (boúrtsa), also spelled βρούτσα (broútsa, “brush”), βούρτζα (boúrtza), βρούτζα (broútza), from Vulgar Latin *bruscia, whence French brosse; see it for more.

Related to Middle Armenian վրձին (vrjin), Bulgarian ву́рца (vúrca), Romanian vîrță, Albanian vurcë, Ottoman Turkish فرچه‎ (furça), Turkish fırça, Persian فرچه‎ (ferče).

βούρτσα • (voúrtsa) f (plural βούρτσες)

1. broom, brush (for cleaning and sweeping)
2. paintbrush
3. hairbrush

• αβούρτσιστος (avoúrtsistos, “unbrushed”)
• οδοντόβουρτσα f (odontóvourtsa, “toothbrush”)

• πινέλο n (pinélo, “paintbrush”)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fırça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük