शक्कर
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکر (šak(k)ar), ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally grit, gravel”). Doublet of शर्करा (śarkarā). Cognate of English sugar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शक्कर • (śakkar) f (Urdu spelling شکر)
- sugar (raw)
- शक्कर प्रायः पानी में घुल जाता है।
- śakkar prāyaḥ pānī mẽ ghul jātā hai.
- Sugar usually dissolves in water.
- sweet words or speech
Declension[edit]
Declension of शक्कर (fem cons-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शक्कर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “शक्कर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.