захар

See also: Захар

Bulgarian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Greek ζάχαρη (záchari), borrowed from Byzantine Greek ζάχαρις (zákharis), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρις (sákkharis), from σάκχαρ (sákkhar), borrowed from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈzaxɐr]
    • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
    • Rhymes: -axɐr
    • Syllabification(key): за‧хар

    Noun

    за́хар • (záharf

    1. (uncountable) sugar
      горе́на за́харgoréna záharcaramel, burnt sugar

    Declension

    Declension of за́хар
    singular
    indefinite за́хар
    záhar
    definite захарта́
    zahartá

    References

    • захар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
    • захар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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