цукоръ

Old Ruthenian

цу́коръ

Alternative forms

• цю́коръ (cjúkor)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish cukier, from Old Polish cukier, borrowed from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, borrowed from Old Italian zúccharo, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂. Doublet of са́харъ (sáxar). First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

цукоръ • (cukor) m inan

1. sugar

Descendants

• Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
• Carpathian Rusyn: цу́кор (cúkor)
• Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor); цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “цукоръ, цюкоръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 253