𐨭𐨐𐨪

Gandhari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā).

Noun

𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara) f^[1]

sugar

Descendants

→ Middle Persian:
Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr /⁠šakar⁠/)
Book Pahlavi script: 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škl /⁠šakar⁠/)
- 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)
  - Middle Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)
    Armenian: շաքար (šakʻar)
    →? Middle Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
    Georgian: შაქარი (šakari)
    → Abkhaz: ашьақар (ašakar)
    → Mingrelian: შანქარი (šankari)
    → Svan: შაქარ (šakar)

References

^ Baums, Stefan, Glass, Andrew (2002–) “śakara”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari‎^[1]