cukar
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- cȕker
Etymology
From Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). The word may have been borrowed directly from Italian or through German Zucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar.
Noun
cȕkar m (Cyrillic spelling цу̏кар)
- (regional) sugar
Synonyms
- šèćer