शर्करा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃəɾ.kə.ɾɑː/

Noun

शर्करा • (śarkarā) f (Urdu spelling شرکرا‎) (formal)

  1. sugar (granulated or candied)
    Synonyms: चीनी (cīnī), शक्कर (śakkar)
  2. (chemistry) glucose, saccharose

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebbles”).

Noun

शर्करा • (śárkarā) f

  1. gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or soil (mostly plural)
  2. gravel (as a disease)
  3. hardening of the flesh
  4. hardening of the ear-wax
  5. ground or candied sugar
  6. a fragment or piece of broken earthenware, potsherd
  7. cotton sugar, sugarmaple

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शर्करा
Nom. sg. शर्करा (śarkarā)
Gen. sg. शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शर्करा (śarkarā) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Vocative शर्करे (śarkare) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Accusative शर्कराम् (śarkarām) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Instrumental शर्करया (śarkarayā) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभिः (śarkarābhiḥ)
Dative शर्करायै (śarkarāyai) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभ्यः (śarkarābhyaḥ)
Ablative शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभ्यः (śarkarābhyaḥ)
Genitive शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ) शर्करयोः (śarkarayoḥ) शर्कराणाम् (śarkarāṇām)
Locative शर्करायाम् (śarkarāyām) शर्करयोः (śarkarayoḥ) शर्करासु (śarkarāsu)

Descendants

  • Helu: [Term?]
    • Dhivehi: ހަކުރު‎ (hakuru)
    • Sinhalese: හකුරු (hakuru), සකුරු (sakuru)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 (sakkarā)
    • Konkani: साक्कर (sākkar)
    • Old Marathi: साकर (sākara)
  • Pali: sakkharā (see there for further descendants)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
  • → Hindi: शर्करा (śarkarā)
  • → Kannada: ಸಕ್ಕರೆ (sakkare), ಶರ್ಕರೆ (śarkare)
  • → Malayalam: ചക്കരാ (cakkarā)
    • → Indo-Portuguese: jágara, xagara, jagra
      • English: jaggery
        • → French: jagré
        • → Japanese: ジャガリー (jagarī), ジャッガリー (jaggarī)
        • → Scottish Gaelic: seagaraidh
        • → Serbo-Croatian: јаггери
  • → Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (šqr /šakar/)
    Book Pahlavi: škl‎ (škl /šakar/) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Javanese: sarkara
    • Javanese: ꦱꦂꦏꦫ (sarkara)
  • → Tamil: சர்க்கரை (carkkarai)
  • → Telugu: చక్కెర (cakkera)
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