šećer
See also: secer and seçer
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شکر (şeker), from Persian شکر (šakar, šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃětɕer/
Noun
šèćer m (Cyrillic spelling шѐћер)
- sugar
Declension
Declension of šećer
singular | plural | |
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nominative | šećer | šećeri |
genitive | šećera | šećera |
dative | šećeru | šećerima |
accusative | šećer | šećere |
vocative | šećeru | šećeri |
locative | šećeru | šećerima |
instrumental | šećerom | šećerima |
Synonyms
- (Croatia) slador, slatkor, slad, cukar, cuker
Derived terms
- šèćērnī