سکر

See also: سكر, سكز, شكر, شکر, and ش ك ر

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic verbal noun سُكْر (sukr). Perhaps extracted from the root of Arabic مُسْكِر (muskir), from Middle Persian mstgr (mastgar, “inebriating”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃukɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊkɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊkɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊkɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃukɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃokʲɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃukɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šukr
Dari reading?	šukr
Iranian reading?	šokr
Tajik reading?	šukr

Noun

سکر • (sokr)

1. drunkenness
2. intoxication

Synonyms

• مستی (masti)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “mstgr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols