سكر
العربية
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سكر¹
- /suk.kar/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). For the vocalism from Middle Persian to Arabic, compare أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “ammoniacum”).
noun سُكَّر · sukkar · السُّكَّر · سُكَّرٌ
- sugar
verb سَكَّرَ · sakkara · يُسَكِّرُ · تَسْكِير · مُسَكِّر
- to sugar, to sprinkle sugar over
- to sweeten, to add sugar
- to candy
سكر²
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).
verb سَكِرَ · sakira · يَسْكَرُ · سَكَر · سُكْر
- to get drunk, to become intoxicated
- to be drunk, to be intoxicated
noun سَكَر · sakar · السَّكَر · سَكَرٌ
- intoxicant
- wine
- verbal noun of سَكِرَ (sakira) (form I)
noun سُكْر · sukr · السُّكْر · سُكْرٌ
- drunkenness, intoxication, inebriety
- verbal noun of سَكِرَ (sakira) (form I)
adjective سَكِر · sakir · سَكِرَة · سَكِرُون · سَكِرَات
- drunk
سكر³
noun سُكَّر · sukkar · سُكَّرَات · السُّكَّر
- alternative form of سُكَّار (sukkār, “bolt-lock”)
In English
- sugar sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet used to sweeten food and drink
- drunkenness state of being drunk
- get drunk to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
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