sukari

See also: Sukari

Hausa

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्करा (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 शर्करा (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 शर्करा (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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