asukaar
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Spanish azúcar, from Old Spanish açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السكر (as-sukkar), from Arabic السُّكَّر (as-sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).
Noun
asukaar
References
- Montgomery, John (2004), Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50