ܫܟܪ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥‎ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally grit or gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Compare Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛkkar], [ʃakkar], [ʃɑkkɑr]

Noun

ܫܟܪ • (šekkar) m (uncountable)

  1. sugar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)xar]

Noun

ܫܟܪ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܟܪܐ‎
  2. construct state singular of ܫܟܪܐ‎

References
  • “škr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 368b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 577b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1559b
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