sahar

Maltese

Root
s-h-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَهِرَ (sahira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːr/
• Homophone: sar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

sahar (imperfect jishar)

1. to wake (part of) the night (usually for work or religious devotions)

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.

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Sumerian

Romanization

sahar

1. Romanization of 𒅖 (saḫar)

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Ter Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian са́хар (sáxar).

Noun

sahar

1. sugar

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland