ushukela

== Zulu == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sugar, from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uʃúɠeːla/ === Noun === ushúkela class 1a (plural oshukela class 2a) sugar ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-shukela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-shukela (3.2.9.9)”