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شکر · سُكَّر — sugar

Persian → ArabicProbablenoun · Food · everyday

This one went the other way: from Persian into Arabic.

Arabic

سُكَّر
sukkar

/sukkar/

In Arabic

sugar

Persian

شکر
šekar

/ʃekær/

In Persian

sugar

Note. Persian was probably the bridge from Sanskrit śarkarā; an Aramaic route is also proposed. Through Arabic it gave European sugar.

Spelling. Arabic writes Persian š as s and doubles the k (šakar → sukkar).

Sources: Asbaghi · Dehkhoda · Lane · Wehr