قارچ

Persian

Etymology

As it is not attested in Classical dictionaries, it must be a later formation with the suffix -č like نمچ (namč, “humidity, moisture”): the base γ/qār- can be recognized in ﻏﺎری (ġâri, “sponge”), with -ī < -īk, being derived from Proto-Iranian *garH- (“soak, steep, moisten”). Hence perhaps originally meaning "sponge," it displaced سماروغ (samâruġ) in contemporary Iran. Compare Yaghnobi хорч (xorč), хо́рчак (xórčak), Central Kurdish قارچِک (qarçik).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? ġârč
Tajik reading? qorč

Noun

Dari سماروغ
Iranian Persian قارچ
Tajik қорч, занбӯруғ

قارچ • (qârč) (plural قارچ‌ها (qârč-hâ))

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus

Derived terms

  • قارچی (qārčī / ġârči)
  • قارچ‌کش (qārč-kuš / ġârč-koš)
  • قارچ‌خوار (qārč-xwār / ġârč-xâr)
  • قارچ‌شناسی (qārč-šināsī / ġârč-šenâsi)
  • قارچ‌زهرابه (qārč-zahrāba / ġârč-zahrâbe)

References

  1. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2020), “Classical New Persian samārō/ūγ ‘mushroom’”, in Iran & the Caucasus‎[1], volume 24, number 4, →DOI, pages 419–422
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