Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ ( “ gravel, boulder ” )
Ancient Greek: κρόκη ( krókē , “ pebbles ” ) .
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śárkaraH
Sanskrit: शर्करा ( śarkarā ) (and शर्कर ( śarkara ) )
→ Bengali: শর্করা ( śôrkôra )
→ Gujarati: શર્કરા ( śarkarā )
→ Hindi: शर्करा ( śarkarā )
→ Kannada: ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ( sakkare ) , ಶರ್ಕರೆ ( śarkare )
→ Malayalam: ചക്കരാ ( cakkarā )
→ Old Javanese: sarkara
→ Tamil: சர்க்கரை ( carkkarai )
→ Telugu: చక్కెర ( cakkera )
Gandhari: 𐨭𐨐𐨪 ( śakara )
→ Middle Persian:
Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] ( šqr /šakar/ )
Book Pahlavi script: škl ( škl /šakar/ )
Persian: شکر ( šakar )
→ Baluchi: شکر ( šakkal )
→ Bashkir: шәкәр ( şəkər )
→ Chechen: шекар ( šekar )
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शक्कर ( śakkar )
Urdu: شکر ( śakkar )
→ Karachay-Balkar: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kazakh: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kumyk: шекер ( şeker )
→ Kyrgyz: шекер ( şeker )
→ Proto-Mongolic: *šiker ( probably via a Turkic language )
Buryat: шэхэр ( šexer )
East Yugur: shigir
Middle Mongol:
Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ ( sikir ) , ᠰᠢᠬᠡᠷ ( siker ) , ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠷ ( čikir )
Khalkha Mongolian: чихэр ( čixer )
→ Southern Altai: чикир ( čikir )
→ Tuvan: чигир ( çigir )
Jerim: /ʃixər/
Juu Uda:
Baarin: /ʃixər/
Aru Khorchin: /t͡ʃʰixər/
Ulan Tsab: /t͡ʃixər/, /t͡ʃʰixər/
Shilingol: /t͡ʃixər/
Ordos: /ʃikxər/
→ Arabic: شيكر ( šiker, šikir )
→ Chinese: 扯克兒 / 扯克儿 ( čeker ) ( Beilu Yiyu )
→ Uyghur: شېكەر ( shëker )
Written Oirat:
Kalmyk: шикр ( şikr )
→ Southern Altai: шикир ( šikir )
→ Ossetian: сӕкӕр ( sækær )
→ Ottoman Turkish: شكر ( şeker )
→ Pashto: شکره ( šakᶕra )
→ Punjabi: ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ( śakkar )
→ Shor: сакер ( saker )
→ Tajik: шакар ( šakar )
→ Tatar: шикәр ( şikär )
→ Turkmen: şeker
→ Uzbek: shakar
→ Western Panjabi: شکر ( śkr )
→ Arabic: سُكَّر ( sukkar )
→ Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܟܪ ( šekkar )
→ Georgian: შაქარი ( šakari )
→ Mingrelian: შანქარი ( šankari )
→ Old Armenian: շաքար ( šakʻar )
Middle Armenian: շաքար ( šakʻar )
Helu Prakrit:
Magadhi Prakrit:
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 ( sakkarā )
Konkani: साक्कर ( sākkar )
Old Marathi: साकर ( sākara )
Pali: sakkharā
Ashokan Prakrit:
Khasa Prakrit:
Sauraseni Prakrit:
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