گرچ

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

گرچ • (gerač)

  1. (archaic) lime; plaster; mortar

Descendants

  • 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

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