Gandhari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā).
Noun
𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara) f[1]
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Descendants
- → Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr /šakar/)
- Book Pahlavi script: 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škl /šakar/)
- Classical Persian: شَکَر (šakar), شَکَّر (šakkar) (see there for further descendants)
- → Arabic: سُكَّر (sukkar) (see there for further descendants)
- → Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܫܟܪ (šekkar)
- → Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
- → Old Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)
- Middle Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)
- Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)
- →? Middle Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
- Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
- → Abkhaz: ашьақар (ašakar)
- → Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
- → Svan: შაქარ (šakar)
References
- ^ Baums, Stefan; Glass, Andrew (2002–), “śakara”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari[1]