furcha

Ladino

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís
Proto-Germanic *burstizbor.
Vulgar Latin *brustiabor.
Byzantine Greek βρούτσα (broútsa)bor.
Ottoman Turkish فرچه (fırça)bor.
Ladino furcha

    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرچه (fırça).

    Distant cognate with Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfuɾt͡ʃa/

    Noun

    furcha f (Hebrew spelling פ׳ורג׳ה, plural furchas)

    1. brush (tool)
      furcha de dientes ― toothbrush

    Further reading

    • “furcha”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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