Etymology

Adverbial accusative of شُكْر ‎(šukr, “thankfulness”), verbal noun of شَكَرَ ‎(šakara, “to thank, to be grateful”). Compare Hebrew שכר.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃukran/

  Egypt: IPA^(key): [ˈʃokɾɑn]

  Levant: IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊkɾan]

  West Arabia: IPA^(key): [ˈʃukran]

  Persian Gulf: IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊkrɐn]