škl

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian šqr (šakar).

Noun

škl • (šakar)

  1. sugar

Descendants

  • Persian: شکر‎ (šakar) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܫܟܪ‎ (šekkar)
  • → Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
    • → Abkhaz: ашьақар (āš̍ākār)
    • → Svan: შაქარ (šakar)
  • → Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
  • → Old Armenian: շաքար (šakʿar)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “šakar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79
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