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Azerbaijani
Noun
شکر
Arabic spelling of şəkər
Baluchi
Noun
شَکَر • (šakar )
sugar
See also
Mazanderani
Noun
شکر (šaker )
sugar
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر ( šukr ) .
Noun
شکر • (šukr ) m
gratitude , thanks
Further reading
Bellew, Henry Walter (1867 ) “شکر ”, in A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language , London: Allen, page 103
Persian
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
Readings
Classical reading?
šakkar, šakar
Dari reading?
šakkar, šakar
Iranian reading?
šakkar, šakar, šekar
Tajik reading?
šakar
Noun
Dari
شکر , بوره
Iranian Persian
شکر
Tajik
шакар
شکر • (šakar or šakkar or šekar )
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 is sugar in its sweetness, the way of Dari speech is sweeter yet.
Derived terms
شکرشکن ( šakar-šakan, šakkar-šakan, šekar-šakan , “ 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: شکر
→ Chechen: шекар ( šekar )
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शक्कर ( śakkar )
Urdu: شکر ( śakkar )
→ Karachay-Balkar: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kazakh: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kumyk: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kyrgyz: шекер ( şeker )
→ Proto-Mongolic: *šiker 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 ( šiker, šikir ) → Chinese: 扯克兒 / 扯克儿 ( čeker ) ( Beilu Yiyu ) → Uyghur: شېكەر ( shëker ) Written Oirat:
→ Ossetian: сӕкӕр ( sækær )
→ Ottoman Turkish: شكر ( şeker )
→ Pashto: شکره ( šakᶕra )
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ( śakkar )
Shahmukhi script: شَکَّر ( śakkar )
→ Shor: сакер ( saker )
→ Sindhi: شَڪَرِ ( śakari )
→ Tatar: шикәр ( şikär )
→ Turkmen: şeker
Further reading
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934 ) “شکر ”, in New Persian–English dictionary , Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر ( šukr ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
šukr
Dari reading?
šukr
Iranian reading?
šokr
Tajik reading?
šukr
Noun
Dari
شکر
Iranian Persian
Tajik
шукр
شکر • (šokr )
( especially religion ) thankfulness , gratitude
شکر کردن ― šokr kardan ― to thank God
خدا را شکر ! ― xodâ râ šokr ! ― Thank God!
Further reading
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934 ) “شکر ”, in New Persian–English dictionary , Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Punjabi
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکر ( šakar , “ sugar ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
شَکَّر • (śakkar ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੱਕਰ )
sugar
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Further reading
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002 ) “شکّر ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر ( šukr ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
شُکْر • (śukr ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੁਕਰ )
thankfulness , gratitude
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Derived terms
Further reading
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002 ) “شُکر ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکر ( šakar , “ sugar ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
شَکَر • (śakar ) m (Hindi spelling शक्कर )
sugar
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुक्र ( śukra ) . Doublet of سرخ ( surx ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
شُکْرَ • (śukra ) (Hindi spelling शुक्र )
bright
Proper noun
شُکْرَ • (śukra ) m (Hindi spelling शुक्र )
Venus
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر ( šukr ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
شُکْر • (śukr ) m (Hindi spelling शुक्र )
thankfulness , gratitude
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Derived terms
Further reading
Platts, John T. (1884 ) “شکر ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co.