sukra

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Valthungian

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Valthungian sukaro, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zúccharo, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian wikt: شکر‎ (šakar) , from Middle Persian škl (šakar) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫢𐫞𐫡‎ (šqr)), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā) ‘ground or candied sugar’, originally ‘grit, gravel’, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ ‘gravel, boulder’, akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē) ‘pebble’.

Noun

sukra

  1. sugar

Declension

Strong neuter a-stem noun sukra, ‘{{{2}}}’
  Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Sg. sukra sukris sukra sukra
Pl. sukra sukraro sukram sukra