گرچ

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɡi.ˈrat͡ʃ/, /ɡa.ˈrat͡ʃ/, /ˈɡirt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡart͡ʃ/
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɪ.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡɪɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡɪ.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡɪɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡi.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡiɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲe.ɹæt͡ʃ], [ɡʲæ.ɹæt͡ʃ], [ɡʲeɹt͡ʃ], [ɡʲæɹt͡ʃ]
  • (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡi.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡiɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? girač, garač, girč, garč
Dari reading? girač, garač, girč, garč
Iranian reading? gerač, garač, gerč, garč
Tajik reading? girač, garač, girč, garč

Noun

گرچ • (girač, garač / gerač, garač)

  1. (archaic) lime; plaster; mortar
    Synonyms: گچ (gač), (Classical) کلس (kils / kels)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: kirəc
  • → Gilaki: گرچ (garč)
  • → Mazanderani: گرچ (garč), (Shahmirzadi) گرچ (garač)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كیرج (kirec), كرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كیرچ (kireç)
    • Turkish: kireç
    • → Albanian: qereç
    • → Armenian: քիրէճ (kʻirēč), քիրաճ (kʻirač)
    • → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
    • → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
    • → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кре̏ч
      Latin script: krȅč
  • → Semnani: (Semnani, Lasgerdi) گرچ (gereč), (Sangsari) گرچ (garač), (Sorkhei) گراچ (gerâč, “chalk, plaster”)

Further reading

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