किरच

Hindi

FWOTD – 6 November 2023

Alternative forms

• किरिच (kiric), किरचा (kircā), किर्च (kirc)

Etymology

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Perhaps from Classical Persian کرچ (kurč, karač, “segment, cut”).

किरच (sword)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɪ.ɾət͡ʃ/, [kɪ.ɾɐt͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ

Noun

किरच • (kirac) f (Urdu spelling کرچ)

1. splinter
2. shard, fragment
   • 2018 August 31, V K Singh, Bhartiya Sena me Netritv: Barah Sainikon ki Jeevni, SAGE Publishing India, →ISBN:

     ...गोला आकर गिरा। उसमें से निकले किरच लगने से उस्मान की मौके पर ही मृत्यु हो गई...

     ...golā ākar girā. usmẽ se nikle kirac lagne se usmān kī mauke par hī mŕtyu ho gaī...

     ... a shell fell. From the hitting of shards that came out of it, Usman died at the spot...

3. bit, grain
4. (figuratively) a rare Indian straight sword for thrusting, likely a Maratha weapon

Derived terms

• किरच का गोला (kirac kā golā)
• किरच-किरच (kirac-kirac)
• किरच-किरच करना (kirac-kirac karnā)
• किरच-किरच टूटना (kirac-kirac ṭūṭnā)
• किरच-किरच होना (kirac-kirac honā)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “किरच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

• Mrs Mir Hassan Ali (1832), Letter 11, Observations on the Musselmauns of India