शक्कर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکر (šak(k)ar), ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally grit, gravel”). Doublet of शर्करा (śarkarā). Cognate of English sugar.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃək.kəɾ/, [ʃɐk̚.kɐɾ]

Noun

शक्कर • (śakkar) f (Urdu spelling شکر)

1. sugar (raw)

   शक्कर प्रायः पानी में घुल जाता है।

   śakkar prāyaḥ pānī mẽ ghul jātā hai.

   Sugar usually dissolves in water.

2. sweet words or speech

Declension

Declension of शक्कर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शक्कर śakkar	शक्करें śakkarẽ
oblique	शक्कर śakkar	शक्करों śakkarõ
vocative	शक्कर śakkar	शक्करो śakkaro

Synonyms

• चीनी (cīnī)
• (less common) शर्करा (śarkarā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शक्कर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “शक्कर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.