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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Danish sukker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zucker, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Early Modern Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā).

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Noun edit

sykur m or n (genitive singular sykurs, no plural)

  1. sugar

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