סוכר

Hebrew

סוכר

Etymology

Root
ס־כ־ר (s-k-r)
3 terms

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Hebrew סוכר

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 • (sukár) m

1. sugar

Derived terms

• אדר הסוכר / אֶדֶר הַסֻּכָּר (éder hasukár)
• סוכרזית / סֻכְּרָזִית (sukrazít)
• סוכריה / סֻכָּרִיָּה (sukariyá)
• סוכרת / סֻכֶּרֶת (sukéret)

References

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

Further reading

• סוכר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he