گرچ

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡi.ˈrat͡ʃ/, /ɡa.ˈrat͡ʃ/, /ˈɡirt͡ʃ/, /ˈɡart͡ʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡɪɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡɪɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡɪɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡiɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.ɹæt͡ʃ], [ɡʲæ.ɹæt͡ʃ], [ɡʲeɹt͡ʃ], [ɡʲæɹt͡ʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡä.ɾät͡ʃ], [ɡiɾt͡ʃ], [ɡäɾt͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	girač, garač, girč, garč
Dari reading?	girač, garač, girč, garč
Iranian reading?	gerač, garač, gerč, garč
Tajik reading?	girač, garač, girč, garč

Noun

گرچ • (girač, garač / gerač, garač)

1. (archaic) lime; plaster; mortar

   Synonyms: گچ (gač), (Classical) کلس (kils / kels)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kirəc
• → Gilaki: گرچ (garč)
• → Mazanderani: گرچ (garč), (Shahmirzadi) گرچ (garač)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كیرج (kirec), كرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كیرچ (kireç)
  • Turkish: kireç
  • → Albanian: qereç
  • → Armenian: քիրէճ (kʻirēč), քիրաճ (kʻirač)
  • → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
  • → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
  • → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кре̏ч

    Latin script: krȅč

• → Semnani: (Semnani, Lasgerdi) گرچ (gereč), (Sangsari) گرچ (garač), (Sorkhei) گراچ (gerâč, “chalk, plaster”)

Further reading

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