𒌋𒀜

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).

Noun

𒌋𒀜 • (kīru) [GIR₄]

1. kiln
2. oven

References

• “gir [OVEN]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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Sumerian

Noun

𒌋𒀜 • (gir) [GIR₄]

1. kiln (for lime or bitumen)

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒌋𒀜 (kīru)
  • → Aramaic:

    Hebrew script: גִּירָא‎ (gīrā),

    Syriac script: ܓܝܪܐ (gīrā)

    • → Arabic: جير (jīr)
    • → Persian: گرچ (gerač)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: كیرچ (kireç), كیرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كرج (kirec)
        • Turkish: kireç
        • → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
        • → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
        • → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
        • → Serbo-Croatian:

          Cyrillic script: кре̏ч

          Latin script: krȅč

  • → Hebrew: גִּיר (gīr)
  • → Old Armenian: կիր (kir)
    • Armenian: կիր (kir)
    • → Chechen: кир (kir)
    • → Georgian: კირი (ḳiri)
      • → Bats: კირ (ḳir)
      • → Laz: კირი (ǩiri)
      • → Mingrelian: კირი (ḳiri)
      • → Ossetian:

        Digor: къирӕ (k’iræ)

        Iron: чъыр (ḱ’yr)

    • → Ingush: кир (kir)
    • → Zazaki: kirey
  • → Persian: کرس (kirs)

References

• “gir [OVEN]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 652
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a