# سكر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground sugar”). For the vocalism from Middle Persian to Arabic, compare أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “ammoniacum”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suk.kar/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

سُكَّر • (sukkar) m
* (uncountable) sugar

##### Descendants

* Andalusian Arabic: السُكَّر (as-sukkar)
** → Aragonese: azúcar
** → Old Galician-Portuguese: açucar
*** Fala: azuca, azúcar
*** Galician: azucre
*** Portuguese: açúcar (see there for further descendants)
** → Old Spanish: açucar
*** Ladino: asúkuar
*** Spanish: azúcar (see there for further descendants)
* Egyptian Arabic: سكر (sokkɑr)
* Juba Arabic: sukar
* → Amharic: ስኳር (səkʷar)
** → Sidamo: sukkaare
* → Aragonese: sucre, zucre
* → Bambara: sukaro, sugoro
* → Bole: sukur
* → Catalan: sucre
* → Hausa: sukàrī
* → Hebrew: סוכר (sukár)
* → Latin: zuccarum
* → Lingala: sukáli
* → Malay: sakar, syakar, sagar, syagar
** Indonesian: sakar
* → Somali: sonkor
* → Swahili: sukari
** → Kikuyu: cukari
** → Lingala: sukáli
** → Luganda: ssukaali
** → Rwanda-Rundi: isukari
* → Tigrinya: ሽኰር (šəkʷär)
* → Lombard: zuqer, zœqer
* → Piedmontese: sùcher
* → Corsican: zuccheru, zuccaru
* → Istriot: soûcaro
* → Italian: zucchero (see there for further descendants)
* → Sicilian: zùccaru
* → Friulian: zucar
* → Venetan: sùcaro

#### Verb

سَكَّرَ • (sakkara) II (non-past يُسَكِّرُ (yusakkiru), verbal noun تَسْكِير (taskīr))
* to sugar, to sprinkle sugar over
* to sweeten, to add sugar
* to candy

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).

#### Verb

سَكِرَ • (sakira) I (non-past يَسْكَرُ (yaskaru), verbal noun سَكَر (sakar) or سُكْر (sukr))
* to get drunk, to become intoxicated
* to be drunk, to be intoxicated

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

سَكَر • (sakar) m
* intoxicant
* wine
* verbal noun of سَكِرَ (sakira) (form I)

##### Declension
#### Noun

سُكْر • (sukr) m
* drunkenness, intoxication, inebriety
* verbal noun of سَكِرَ (sakira) (form I)

##### Declension
#### Adjective

سَكِر • (sakir) (feminine سَكِرَة (sakira), masculine plural سَكِرُونَ (sakirūna), feminine plural سَكِرَات (sakirāt))
* drunk

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

سُكَّر • (sukkar) m (plural سُكَّرَات (sukkarāt))
* Alternative form of سُكَّار (sukkār, “bolt-lock”)

##### Declension
## Bulgar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sekiŕ.

### Numeral

ڛَكِڔ (sekir)
* (Volga Bulgar) eight

#### Descendants

* Chuvash: саккӑр (sakkăr)

### References

* Hakimzjanov, Farid Sabirzjanovich (1986) “New Volga Bulgarian Inscriptions”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎ (in Bulgar), volume 40, number 1, page 174
* Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَكِرَ (sakira).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.kir/, [ˈsi.kɪr]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

سكر • (sikir) I (present بسكر (biskar))
* to get drunk

##### Conjugation
#### See also

* سكران (sakrān, “drunk”)

### Etymology 2

Denominal verb derived from Arabic سُكَّار (sukkār).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sak.kar/, [ˈsak.kar]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

سكّر • (sakkar) II (present بسكّر (bisakker), passive participle مسكّر (msakkar))
* to close
    Antonym: فتح (fataḥ)
* (by extension) to lock
    Synonyms: قفّل (ʔaffal), دَرْبَس (darbas)
    سكّر الباب بالمفتاح. ― sakkar il-bāb bil-muftāḥ ― He locked the door with the key.
* (by extension) to hang up (the phone)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suk.kar/, [ˈsuk.kɑrˤ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Noun

سكّر • (sukkar) m
* sugar

##### Derived terms

* سكرية (sukkariyye, “sugar bowl”)