کلیچه

Persian

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian kwlʾck' (kulāčag, “small, round bun”). Possibly related to کلوچ (kulōč / koluč, “lump”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ku.liː.ˈt͡ʃa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.li.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.liː.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.li.t͡ʃʰä]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	kulīča
Dari reading?	kulīča
Iranian reading?	količe
Tajik reading?	kuliča

Noun

کلیچه • (kulīča / količe) (Tajik spelling кулича) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. disk
2. loaf (of bread)
3. bread roll

Descendants

• Dari: کُلْچَه (kulča)
• Iranian Persian: کُلوچِه (koluče)
• Tajik: кулча (kulča)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कुल्चा (kulcā)

  Urdu: کلچہ (kulca)

• → Kashmiri: کُلچہِ (kulci)
• → Kazakh: күлше (külše)
• → Kyrgyz: күлчө (külcö)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كولچه (külçe), كلچه (külçe)
  • Turkish: külçe
  • → Albanian: qylçe
  • → Armenian: քիւլիւչէ (kʻiwliwčʻē), ք^յո̈ւլիչա̈ (kʻ^yüličʻä)
  • → Bulgarian: кюлче (kjulče)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਲਚਾ (kulcā)

  Shahmukhi script: کلچہ (kulca)

• → Turkmen: külçe

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kulāčag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کلیچه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.