How to say "sugar" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsugar
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سُكَّر
sukkarסכר
سكر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סוכר
sukarسُوكَار
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
One loan travelling in convoy: Sanskrit śarkarā became Persian shakar, then Arabic sukkar, which the medieval trade routes carried onward into Hebrew סוכר and English sugar.
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In a phrase
شَاي بِسُكَّر
shāy bi-sukkarשאי בסכרtea with sugar