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Where does “शर्कर” come from?

शर्कर (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱorkeh₂ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.

शर्कर (Sanskrit): pebble, small stone; ground or candied sugar;...

Definitions

  1. pebble, small stone; ground or candied sugar;...

Ancestry of “शर्कर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel

Words derived from “शर्कर”

  • sugar
  • sucrose
  • sugary
  • polysaccharide
  • lipopolysaccharide
  • oligosaccharide
  • disaccharide
  • monosaccharide
  • saccharide
  • sugarless
  • Zuckerberg
  • sugarcoated
  • sucrase
  • mucopolysaccharidosis
  • mucopolysaccharide
  • saccharose
  • exopolysaccharide
  • pentasaccharide
  • trisaccharide
  • sugarhouse
  • saccharometer
  • disaccharidase
  • sugarfree
  • tetrasaccharide
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