zahăr

See also: zahar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• zahar

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)der.

Ancient Greek σάκχαρις (sákkharis)

Byzantine Greek ζάχαρις (zákharis)bor.

Greek ζάχαρη (záchari)bor.

Romanian zahăr

Borrowed from Greek ζάχαρη (záchari), borrowed from Byzantine Greek ζάχαρις (zákharis), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρις (sákkharis), from σάκχαρ (sákkhar), borrowed from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.hər/

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• Rhymes: -ahər

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Noun

zahăr n (uncountable)

1. sugar

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zahăr	zahărul
genitive-dative	zahăr	zahărului
vocative	zahărule

Derived terms

• zaharuri

Further reading

• “zahăr”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026