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Southern Altai
Etymology
From Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Cognate with English sugar.
Noun
шекир • (šekir)
- sugar
See also
References
- Русско-Алтайский Словарь / Орус-Алтай сӧзлик, Том 2, П - Я, Горно-Алтайск, 2016, 489 pages.