сахаръ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • са́хуръ (sáxur)

Etymology

  • Inherited from Old East Slavic са́харъ (sáxarŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar), borrowed from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel). Doublet of цу́коръ (cúkor)

    Noun

    сахаръ • (saxarm inan

    1. sugar
      Synonym: цу́коръ (cúkor)

    Descendants

    • Belarusian: са́хар (sáxar) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: са́хар (sáxar)

    Further reading

    • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сахаръ, сахуръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 68