suiker
Afrikaans
/ˈsœi̯.kər/
noun
Definitions
- sugar
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish suiker (sugar) inherited from Middle Dutch suicker derived from Old French çucre derived from Latin zuccarum derived from zucchero derived from Arabic سُكَّر derived from Persian شکر (sugar) derived from Sanskrit शर्करा (ground candied sugar, gravel, originally meaning grit, originally grit, grit, ground candied sugar originally grit, ground sugar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel, boulder).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱorkeh₂
Gloss
gravel, boulder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sugar English
- saccharum Latin
- zuccarum Latin
- Zucker German
- zucchero Italian
- Suikerfeest Dutch, Flemish
- basterdsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- bietsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- bloedsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- borstsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- broodsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- druivensuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kandijsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kaneelsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kristalsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- melksuiker Dutch, Flemish
- moutsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- poedersuiker Dutch, Flemish
- rietsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- suiker Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbeest Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbiet Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboer Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboon Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbrood Dutch, Flemish
- suikergoed Dutch, Flemish
- suikerij Dutch, Flemish
- suikerklont Dutch, Flemish
- suikermoei Dutch, Flemish
- suikeroom Dutch, Flemish
- suikerpatiënt Dutch, Flemish
- suikerplantage Dutch, Flemish
- suikertaart Dutch, Flemish
- suikertante Dutch, Flemish
- suikerwater Dutch, Flemish
- suikerziek Dutch, Flemish
- suikerziekte Dutch, Flemish
- vanillesuiker Dutch, Flemish
- σάκχαρ Ancient Greek
- *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- शर्कर Sanskrit
- शर्करा Sanskrit
- السُكَّر, سكر Arabic
- اَلسُّكَّر, سكر Arabic
- سُكَّر Arabic
- çucre Old French
- çucre, chucre Old French
- šećer Serbo-Croatian
- sucre Catalan, Valencian
- शक्कर Hindi
- шакар Persian
- شکر Persian
- شکرشکن Persian
- نیشکر Persian
- suicker Middle Dutch
- zucker Old High German
- చక్కెర Telugu
- శర్కర Telugu
- chucre Norman
- sakar Malay
- sucre Middle French
- şəkər Azerbaijani
- סוכר Hebrew (modern)
- شكر Ottoman Turkish
- sakkharā Pali
- सक्खरा Pali
- શર્કરા Gujarati
- સાકર Gujarati
- *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sukari Swahili
- zokkor Maltese
- чихэр Mongolian
- zucar Friulian
- *śárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- شکر Urdu
- шәкәр Bashkir
- zuccuru Sicilian
- škl Middle Persian
- 𐭱𐭪𐭥 Middle Persian
- 𐭱𐭪𐭥 Middle Persian
- sùcaro Venetian
- iswekile Xhosa
- sucre xno
- 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- சர்க்கரை Tamil
- shakar Uzbek
- *šiker Proto-Mongolic
- soûcaro Istriot
- шекер Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- сӕкӕр Ossetian, Ossetic
- tsvigiri Shona
- seker Zazaki
- şeker Zazaki
- tswekere Southern Sotho
- sokkar Afar
- shukël Unami
- zuccaro roa-oit
- zucchero roa-oit
- zucchero, zúccharo roa-oit
- ހަކުރު Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- ሽኰር Tigrinya
- 𐨭𐨐𐨪 Gandhari