शक्कर

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (šekar), ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Noun

शक्कर • (śakkar) f

sugar (raw)
शक्कर प्रायः पानी में घुल जाता है।
śakkar prāyaḥ pānī mẽ ghul jātā hai.
Sugar usually dissolves in water.
sweet words or speech

Synonyms

चीनी (cīnī)
(less common) शर्करा (śarkarā)

References

McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

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