شکر

See also: ش ك ر, شكر, شڪر, سکر, سكر, and سكز

Azerbaijani

Noun

شکر

Arabic spelling of şəkər

Baluchi

Etymology

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Noun

شَکَر • (šakar)

sugar

Mazanderani

Noun

شکر (šaker)

sugar

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).

Noun

شکر • (šukr) m

gratitude, thanks

Persian

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شکر

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/), from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃak.ˈkar/, /ʃa.ˈkar/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäk.kʰáɾ], [ʃä.kʰáɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäk.kʰáɾ], [ʃä.kʰáɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäk.kʰáɾ], [ʃä.kʰáɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃækʰʲ.kʰʲǽɹ], [ʃæ.kʰʲǽɹ], [ʃe.kʰʲǽɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰáɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šakkár, šakár
Dari reading^?	šakkar, šakar
Iranian reading^?	šakkar, šakar, šekar
Tajik reading^?	šakar

Noun


Dari	شکر, بوره
Iranian Persian	شکر
Tajik	шакар

شکر • (šakkar, šakar / šakkar, šakar, šekar) (Tajik spelling шакар)

sugar
(figurative) sweet, beautiful speech
- 1915, Muhammad Iqbal, اسرار خودی [The Secrets of the Self]:
  گرچه هندی در عذوبت شکر است، طرز گفتار دری شیرین‌تر است.
  garče hendi dar 'ozubat šekar ast, tarz-e goftâr-e dari širin-tar ast.
  Though the Indian [language, i.e. Urdu] is sugar in its sweetness, the way of Dari [i.e. Persian] speech is sweeter yet.

Derived terms

شکرشکن (šakar-šekan, šakkar-šekan, šekar-šekan, “mellifluous”, literally “sugar-breaking”)
شکری (šakari, šakkari, šekari)

Descendants

(See also the entries at Middle Persian škl and Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar) for descendants from Middle Persian)

→ Azerbaijani: şəkər
→ Baluchi: شکر (šakkal)
→ Bashkir: шәкәр (şəkər)
→ Chagatai: شَکَّر (škr)
- Uyghur: شەكەر (sheker)
- Uzbek: shakar
→ Chechen: шекар (šekar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शक्कर (śakkar)

Urdu: شَکَّر (śakkar)
→ Karachay-Balkar: шекер (şeker)
→ Kazakh: шекер (şeker)
→ Kumyk: шекер (şeker)
→ Kyrgyz: шекер (şeker)
→ Proto-Mongolic: *šiker, *šikir
- Buryat: шэхэр (šexer)
- East Yugur: shigir
- Middle Mongol:
  - Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (sikir), ᠰᠢᠬᠡᠷ (siker), ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠷ (čikir)
    - Khalkha: чихэр (čixer)
      - → Southern Altai: чикир (čikir)
      - → Tuvan: чигир (çigir)
    - Jerim: /ʃixər/
    - Juu Uda:
      - Baarin: /ʃixər/
      - Aru Khorchin: /t͡ʃʰixər/
    - Ulan Tsab: /t͡ʃixər/, /t͡ʃʰixər/
    - Shilingol: /t͡ʃixər/
    - Ordos: /ʃikxər/
  - → Arabic: شيكر (šīkir)
  - → Chinese: 扯克兒 / 扯克儿 (čeker) (Beilu Yiyu)
  - → Uyghur: شېكەر (shëker)
- Written Oirat:
  - Kalmyk: шикр (şikr)
    - → Kalmyk: шикр-балта (şikr-balta)
    - → Southern Altai: шикир (šikir)
→ Ossetian: сӕкӕр (sækær)
→ Ottoman Turkish: شَکَّر (şeker)
→ Pashto: شکره (šakᶕra)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੱਕਰ (śakkar)

Shahmukhi script: شَکَّر (śakkar)
→ Shor: сакер (saker)
→ Sindhi:
Devanagari script: शकरि (śakari)

Arabic script: شَڪَرِ (śakari)
→ Southern Altai: шекир (šekir)
→ Tatar: шикәр (şikär)
→ Turkmen: şeker