সুগার

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English sugar, ultimately from Sanskrit শর্করা (śarkarā). Doublet of শর্করা (śorkora).

The spelling modelled on the orthography of the English etymon, with স instead of শ to transliterate s, even though the English pronunciation is /ʃ/.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃuɡaɾ/, [ˈʃuɡaɾ], /suɡaɾ/, [ˈsuɡaɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃuɡaɹ/, [ˈʃuɡaɹ], /suɡaɹ/, [ˈsuɡaɹ]

Noun

সুগার • (śugar) (uncountable)

  1. (informal) diabetes
    Synonyms: ডায়াবেটিস (ḍaẏabeṭiś), মধুমেহ (môdhumehô), বহুমূত্র (bôhumutrô), মূত্রমেহ (mutrômehô)
    সুগার হওয়া ― śugar hōẇa ― to have sugar
  2. (chemistry) sugar
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