sukari

See also: Sukari

Hausa

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
Hausa sukari

    Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sú.kà.ríː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sɪ́.kə̀.ríː]

    Noun

    sukàr̃ī m (possessed form sukàr̃in)

    1. sugar

    Swahili

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
    Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
    Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
    Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
    Swahili sukari

      Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

      Pronunciation

      • Audio (Kenya):(file)

      Noun

      sukari class IX (plural sukari class X)

      1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • → Kikuyu: cukari
      • → Lingala: sukáli
      • → Luganda: ssukaali
      • → Rwanda-Rundi: isukari

      See also

      • muwa (“sugar cane”)

      Tok Pisin

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
      Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
      Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
      Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
      Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
      Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
      Tok Pisin sukari

        Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

        Noun

        sukari

        1. sugar
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