शर्करा

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā). Doublet of शक्कर (śakkar). Cognate of English sugar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃəɾ.kə.ɾɑː/, [ʃɐɾ.kɐ.ɾäː]

Noun

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शर्करा (śarkarāf (Urdu spelling شرکرا)

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

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā).

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Noun

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शर्करा (śarkarāf

  1. (sciences) sugar
    Synonym: साखर (sākhar)

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शर्करा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel, boulder). Cognate with Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, pebbles), whence English crocodile.

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    Noun

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    शर्करा (śárkarā) stemf

    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

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    Feminine ā-stem declension of शर्करा (śárkarā)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative शर्करा
    śárkarā
    शर्करे
    śárkare
    शर्कराः
    śárkarāḥ
    Vocative शर्करे
    śárkare
    शर्करे
    śárkare
    शर्कराः
    śárkarāḥ
    Accusative शर्कराम्
    śárkarām
    शर्करे
    śárkare
    शर्कराः
    śárkarāḥ
    Instrumental शर्करया / शर्करा¹
    śárkarayā / śárkarā¹
    शर्कराभ्याम्
    śárkarābhyām
    शर्कराभिः
    śárkarābhiḥ
    Dative शर्करायै
    śárkarāyai
    शर्कराभ्याम्
    śárkarābhyām
    शर्कराभ्यः
    śárkarābhyaḥ
    Ablative शर्करायाः / शर्करायै²
    śárkarāyāḥ / śárkarāyai²
    शर्कराभ्याम्
    śárkarābhyām
    शर्कराभ्यः
    śárkarābhyaḥ
    Genitive शर्करायाः / शर्करायै²
    śárkarāyāḥ / śárkarāyai²
    शर्करयोः
    śárkarayoḥ
    शर्कराणाम्
    śárkarāṇām
    Locative शर्करायाम्
    śárkarāyām
    शर्करयोः
    śárkarayoḥ
    शर्करासु
    śárkarāsu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Brāhmaṇas

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