𒌋𒀜

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir₄ /⁠gir⁠/, “oven”).

𒌋𒀜 • (GIR₄)

1. Sumerogram of kīrum (“oven”)

𒌋𒀜 • (gir₄ /gir/)

1. oven, kiln (for lime or bitumen)

• → Akkadian: 𒌋𒀜 (kīrum)
  • → Aramaic:

    Hebrew script: גִּירָא (gīrā),

    Syriac script: ܓܝܪܐ (gīrā)

    • → Arabic: جير (jīr)
      • → Maltese: ġir
    • → Persian: گرچ (gerač)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: كیرج (kirec), كرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كیرچ (kireç)
        • Turkish: kireç
        • → Albanian: qereç
        • → Armenian: քիրէճ (kʻirēč), քիրաճ (kʻirač)
        • → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
        • → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
        • → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
        • → Serbo-Croatian:

          Cyrillic script: кре̏ч

          Latin script: krȅč

  • → Hebrew: גִּיר (gīr)
  • → Old Armenian: կիր (kir) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: کرس (kers)

• “𒌋𒀜 (gir)” in ePSD2
• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 652
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a