škl

See also: SKL

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian šqr (šakar).

Noun

škl • (šakar)

1. sugar

Descendants

• Persian: شکر (šakar) (see there for further descendants)
• → Arabic: سُكَّر (sukkar) (see there for further descendants)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܟܪ (šekkar)
• → Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
  • → Abkhaz: ашьақар (ašakar)
  • → Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
  • → Svan: შაქარ (šakar)
• → 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

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šakar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79