kireç

Meaning

lime, inorganic material containing calcium

Concepts

lime

Synonyms

badana

Translations

Kalk

chaux

cis

kils

kalk

cal

جِبْس

cal

Kalke

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ciɾɛtʃ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: كیرچ

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیرج (kirec, “lime”), from Classical Persian گِرَچ (girač), from Aramaic גִּירָא (gīrā), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (gīru, kīru, “kiln”), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “kiln”).