сахаръ

Old Ruthenian

са́харъ

Alternative forms

• са́хуръ (sáxur)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor.

Old East Slavic са́харъ (sáxarŭ)

Old Ruthenian сахаръ (saxar)

Inherited from Old East Slavic са́харъ (sáxarŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar), borrowed from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Doublet of цу́коръ (cúkor)

Noun

сахаръ • (saxar) m inan

1. sugar

   Synonym: цу́коръ (cúkor)

Descendants

• Belarusian: са́хар (sáxar) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: са́хар (sáxar)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сахаръ, сахуръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 68