škl

See also: SKL

Middle Persian

Etymology

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