šećer

See also: secer and seçer

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish (šeker), from Persian (šakar, šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃět͡ɕer/

Noun

šèćer m (Cyrillic spelling шѐћер)

sugar

Declension

Declension of šećer

	singular	plural
nominative	šećer	šećeri
genitive	šećera	šećera
dative	šećeru	šećerima
accusative	šećer	šećere
vocative	šećeru	šećeri
locative	šećeru	šećerima
instrumental	šećerom	šećerima

Synonyms

(Croatia) slador, slatkor, slad, cukar, cuker

Derived terms

šèćērnī

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