cukar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cȕker

Etymology

Borrowed 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling цу̏кар)

1. (regional) sugar

   Synonym: šèćer