<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Sep 4 2008, 08:35 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Sep 4 2008, 08:35 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is shakrara for sugar in Sanskrit a borrowal from Persian shkra or is cognate with it (arabicized into sukkar in arabic)?
[right][snapback]87481[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->There are better dictionaries out there for etymologies, but the following happens to state the same as what I recall from book sources, so:
http://www.answers.com/sugar as at 3/4 Sept 2008
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->[Middle English sugre, from Old French sukere, from Medieval Latin succÄrum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit ÅarkarÄ, grit, ground sugar.]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[right][snapback]87481[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->There are better dictionaries out there for etymologies, but the following happens to state the same as what I recall from book sources, so:
http://www.answers.com/sugar as at 3/4 Sept 2008
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->[Middle English sugre, from Old French sukere, from Medieval Latin succÄrum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit ÅarkarÄ, grit, ground sugar.]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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