ашьақар

Abkhaz

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian šklbor.

Old Armenian շաքար (šakʻar)bor.

Middle Armenian շաքար (šakʻar)bor.?

Middle Georgian შაქარი (šakari)

Georgian შაქარი (šakari)bor.

Abkhaz ашьақар

Borrowed from Georgian შაქარი (šakari), from Middle Georgian შაქარი (šakari), possibly borrowed from Middle Armenian շաքար (šakʻar), borrowed from Old Armenian շաքար (šakʻar), borrowed from Middle Persian škl, borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʃakʰar]

Noun

а-шьақар • (a-šakar)

1. sugar