škl

See also: SKL

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian šqr (šakar).

Noun

škl • (šakar)

  1. sugar

Descendants

  • Persian: شکر (šakar) (see there for further descendants)
  • Arabic: سُكَّر (sukkar) (see there for further descendants)
  • Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܫܟܪ (šekkar)
  • Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
    • Abkhaz: ашьақар (ašakar)
    • Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
    • Svan: შაქარ (šakar)
  • Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
  • Old Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šakar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 79
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