کرس

Persian

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”). Compare Armenian կիր (kir), Hebrew גר‎ (gīr, “lime”), Aramaic ܓܝܪ‎, גיר‎ (gīr), Arabic جير‎ (ǧīr).

Noun

کرس • (kirs)

chalk, lime

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish: كیرچ‎ (kireç), كیرج‎
- Turkish: kireç
- → Bulgarian: киреч (kireč)
- → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereč̣i)
- → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кре̏ч
  Latin: krȅč

References

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

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