گچ
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡat͡ʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲæt͡ʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡät͡ʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gač |
Dari reading? | gač |
Iranian reading? | gač |
Tajik reading? | gač |
Noun
[edit]Dari | گچ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | гач |
گچ • (gač) (plural گچها (gač-hâ))
- plaster, gypsum, chalk, stucco
- (orthopaedics) plaster cast, orthopaedic cast
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: գաջ (gaǰ)
Further reading
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گچ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press