sukka
Pali
alt
Definitions
- white
- bright
- pure
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit शुक्र (white, bright, light, etc, any clear liquid, semen, Venus, resplendent, pure, the planet Venus) inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćukrás (bright, white) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (white, glow, lighten, burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱewk-
Gloss
white, glow, lighten, burn
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shukra English
- κύκνος Ancient Greek
- *ḱewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱuk-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- शुक्र Sanskrit
- ศุกร์ Thai
- శుక్రుడు Telugu
- သုက် Burmese
- သုက်ကောင် Burmese
- သုက်ပိုး Burmese
- သုက်ရည် Burmese
- သောကြာ Burmese
- *ćukrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *śṓcati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- សុក្រ Central Khmer
- *śukrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- swhtn' Middle Persian
- swk' Middle Persian
- swknd Middle Persian
- *ϑeuk- Proto-Albanian
- *cuxráh Proto-Iranian
- ಶುಕ್ರ Kannada
- śukkär Tocharian B
- shukar Romani
- śukar Romani
- śukra Old Khmer
- သိုက် Mon
- සිකුරාදා Sinhala, Sinhalese
- ހުކުރު Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian