শর্করা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Doublet of সুগার (śugar).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔɾkɔɾa/, [ˈʃɔɾkɔɾaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔɹkɔɹa/, [ˈʃɔɹkɔɹaˑ]
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Noun

শর্করা • (śorkora)

  1. (chiefly medicine, chemistry) sugar
  2. (rare) gravel, grit, rubble
  3. (medicine) kidney stone, gravel
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