şeker
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ʃeˈkæɾ̞̊]
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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.
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