cukar

== Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === cȕker === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). The word may have been borrowed directly from Italian or through German Zucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar. === Noun === cȕkar m inan (Cyrillic spelling цу̏кар) (regional) sugar Synonym: šèćer