From Ottoman Turkish شكر (şeker), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Compare English sugar. Doublet of sakkaroz.
Practica parlar i memoritzar " şeker " i moltes altres paraules i frases a turc .