گریچه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian gryhcg (grehčag, “pit, prison”). Akin to Parthian [Term?] (“pit”); and related to Middle Persian [script needed] (gristag, “cave, enclosure”).

Noun

گریچه • (goriče, geriče)

1. room, chamber
2. small house
3. basement
4. dungeon

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گریچ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “gryhcg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols