چریش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سریش (seriš, “lime, glue”).

Noun

چریش • (çiriş) (definite accusative چریشی (çirişi), plural چریشلر (çirişler))

  1. (in general) paste, cement, size, any mixture used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc
  2. (specifically) shoemaker's and bookbinder's paste, obtained from the powdered root of a variety of asphodel

Derived terms

  • چریش اوتی (çiriş otu, “asphodel, kingspear”)
  • چریش ایله یاپشدرمق (çiriş ile yapışdırmak, “to make in a slovenly manner”)
  • چریش چناغی (çiriş çanağı, “paste-pot”)
  • چریشلتمك (çirişletmek, “to make or let be pasted”)
  • چریشلمك (çirişlemek, “to paste”)
  • چریشلندرمك (çirişlendirmek, “to make or let become pasted”)
  • چریشلنمك (çirişlenmek, “to be pasted”)
  • چریشلو (çirişli, “pasty, containing paste”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çiriş
  • → Armenian: չիրիշ (čʻiriš)
  • → Bulgarian: чири́ш (čiríš)
  • → Hungarian: csiriz
  • → Macedonian: чириш (čiriš)
  • → Romanian: ciriș

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