گچ

See also: گج, کخ, and کج

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gc /⁠gač⁠/, “plaster, gypsum”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 (IM.BABBAR /⁠gaṣṣu⁠/, “gypsum”). Compare Khotanese [script needed] (gatsä, “gypsum”), Arabic جص (jaṣṣ, “plaster”), Classical Syriac ܓܨܐ (gaṣṣā, “plaster”) from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡat͡ʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæt͡ʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gač
Dari reading?	gač
Iranian reading?	gač
Tajik reading?	gač

Noun

Dari	گچ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гач

گچ • (gač) (plural گچ‌ها (gač-hâ))

1. plaster, gypsum, chalk, stucco
2. (orthopaedics) plaster cast, orthopaedic cast

Derived terms

• گچبری (gačbori)
• گچکار (gačkâr)
• گچکاری (gačkâri)
• گچی (gači)

 

Descendants

• → Armenian: գաջ (gaǰ)

Further reading

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