غالیچه

Persian

Alternative forms

قالیچه (qālīča / ġâliče), خالیچه (xālīča / xâliče)

Etymology

(ġālī / ġâli, “carpet, rug”) +‎ (-ča / -če, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

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

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣɔː.li.t͡ʃʰä]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġālīča
Dari reading^?	ġālīča
Iranian reading^?	ġâliče
Tajik reading^?	ġoliča

Noun

غالیچه • (ġālīča / ġâliče) (Tajik spelling ғолича)

a small carpet

Descendants

→ Assamese: গালিচা (galisa)
→ Bengali: গালিচা (galica)
→ Gujarati: ગાલીચો (gālīco)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ग़ालीचा (ġālīcā)

Urdu: غَالِیچَہ (ġālīca)
→ Konkani: gālico
Devanagari script: गालिचो

Latin script: galicho

Kannada script: ಗಾಲಿಚೊ
→ Marathi: गालिचा (gālicā)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਗ਼ਲੀਚਾ (ġalīcā)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “غالیچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul