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: кирѐч (kirѐč)
- → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereč̣i)
- → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кре̏ч
  Latin: 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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