açúcar

See also: açucar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

açucre (dated or dialectal)

Etymology

From Arabic السُكَّر‎ (as-sukkar), from Persian ‎ (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥‎ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”, originally meaning “grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈsu.kɐɾ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈsu.kɐʁ/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: a‧çú‧car

Noun

açúcar m (plural açúcares)

sugar

Descendants

→ Kaingang: asuka
→ Papiamentu: suku