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शर्करा

शर्करा

Hindi

Noun

शर्करा (śarkarā) f (Urdu spelling شرکرا)

  1. sugar (granulated or candied)
  2. glucose, saccharose

Synonyms

References

  • John T. Platts (accessed 10-23-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel, boulder).

Noun

शर्करा (śárkarā) f

  1. gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or soil (mostly plural)
  2. gravel (as a disease)
  3. hardening of the flesh
  4. hardening of the ear-wax
  5. ground or candied sugar
  6. a fragment or piece of broken earthenware, potsherd
  7. cotton sugar, sugarmaple

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शर्करा
Nom. sg. शर्करा (śarkarā)
Gen. sg. शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शर्करा (śarkarā) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Vocative शर्करे (śarkare) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Accusative शर्कराम् (śarkarām) शर्करे (śarkare) शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ)
Instrumental शर्करया (śarkarayā) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभिः (śarkarābhiḥ)
Dative शर्करायै (śarkarāyai) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभ्यः (śarkarābhyaḥ)
Ablative शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ) शर्कराभ्याम् (śarkarābhyām) शर्कराभ्यः (śarkarābhyaḥ)
Genitive शर्करायाः (śarkarāyāḥ) शर्करयोः (śarkarayoḥ) शर्कराणाम् (śarkarāṇām)
Locative शर्करायाम् (śarkarāyām) शर्करयोः (śarkarayoḥ) शर्करासु (śarkarāsu)

Descendants

  • Nepali: सखर (sakhar)
  • Pali: सक्खरा (sakkharā)
    • Ancient Greek: σάκχαρ (sákkhar), σάκχαρι (sákkhari), σάκχαρις (sákkharis), σάκχαρον (sákkharon)
    • Burmese: သကြား (sa.kra:)
      • Mon: သဂြာ (həkrɛ̀a)
      • Shan: ႀၵျႃး (θa1 kjaa4), သၵျႃး (sʰa1 kjaa4)
    • Khmer: សក្ខរា (sakkʰaʔraa), ស្ករ (skɑɑ)
    • Lao: ສັກຂະຣາ (sak kha rā)
  • Sinhalese: හකුරු (hakuru), සකුරු (sakuru)
  • Tamil: சர்க்கரை (carkkarai)
  • Telugu: చక్కెర (cakkera)