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Persian
Etymology
From Arabic verbal noun سُكْر (sukr). Perhaps extracted from the root of Arabic مُسْكِر (muskir), from Middle Persian mstgr (mastgar, “inebriating”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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šukr
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| Dari reading?
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šukr
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| Iranian reading?
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šokr
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| Tajik reading?
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šukr
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Noun
سکر • (sokr)
- drunkenness
- intoxication
Synonyms
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “mstgr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols