শর্করা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Doublet of সুগার (śugar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɾkɔɾa/, [ˈʃɔɾkɔɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɹkɔɹa/, [ˈʃɔɹkɔɹaˑ]

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Noun

শর্করা • (śorkora)

1. (chiefly medicine, chemistry) sugar
2. (rare) gravel, grit, rubble
3. (medicine) kidney stone, gravel