סוכר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־כ־ר (s-k-r)
3 terms
  • Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel).

    Noun

    סוכר / סֻכָּר • (sukárm

    1. sugar

    Derived terms

    References

    • סוכר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

    Further reading