किरच

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Hindi[edit]

FWOTD – 6 November 2023

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Perhaps from Classical Persian کرچ (kurč, karač, “segment, cut”).[1]

किरच (sword)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɪ.ɾət͡ʃ/, [kɪ.ɾɐt͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ

Noun[edit]

किरच • (kirac) f (Urdu spelling کرچ)

  1. splinter
  2. shard, fragment
    • 2018 August 31, V K Singh, Bhartiya Sena me Netritv: Barah Sainikon ki Jeevni, SAGE Publishing India, →ISBN:
      ...गोला आकर गिरा। उसमें से निकले किरच लगने से उस्मान की मौके पर ही मृत्यु हो गई...
      ...golā ākar girā. usmẽ se nikle kirac lagne se usmān kī mauke par hī mŕtyu ho gaī...
      ... a shell fell. From the hitting of shards that came out of it, Usman died at the spot...
  3. bit, grain
  4. (figuratively) a rare Indian straight sword for thrusting, likely a Maratha weapon[2]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کرچ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  2. ^ Philip S. Rawson (1968), The Indian Sword. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1968. Pages 46, 47

Further reading[edit]

  • Mrs Mir Hassan Ali (1832), Letter 11, Observations on the Musselmauns of India
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