cukar
Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
From Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). The word may have been borrowed directly from Italian or through German Zucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar.
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