فرچه

See also: فرحة and فرجة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• فورچه (fırça, furça)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βούρτσα (boúrtsa), βούρτζα (boúrtza), via Vulgar Latin from Proto-Germanic *burstiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɯɾˈt͡ʃɑ]

Noun

فرچه • (fırça)

1. brush, oblong bristle implement for cleaning

Derived terms

• فرچه‌جی (fırçacı, “brossier”)
• فرچه‌لمق (fırçalamak, “to brush”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fırça
• → Arabic: فُرْشَة (furša)
• → Armenian: ֆռչա (fṙčʻa)
• → Bulgarian: ву̀рча (vùrča), фу̀рча (fùrča), фурча̀ (furčà), фу̀рца (fùrca)
• → Persian: فرچه (ferče)

References

• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “فرچه”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 661a

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Persian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فرچه (fırça).

Noun

فرچه • (ferče) (plural فرچه‌ها (ferče-hâ))

1. shaving brush
2. brush (implement)