کلیچه

Persian

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian kwlʾck' (kulāčag, “small, round bun”). See کلوچه (koluče) for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ku.liː.t͡ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.li.t͡ʃʰä]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	kulīča
Dari reading?	kulīča
Iranian reading?	količe
Tajik reading?	kuliča

Noun

Dari	کلیچه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кулича

کلیچه • (količe)

1. (archaic) disk
2. (archaic) loaf (of bread)
3. (archaic) bread roll

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कुल्चा (kulcā)

  Urdu: کلچہ (kulca)

  • →? Persian:

    Dari: کلچه (kulča)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਲਚਾ (kulcā)

  Shahmukhi script: کلچہ (kulca)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kulāčag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کلیچه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press