گرچ

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

گرچ • (gerač)

1. (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