шикир
Northern Altai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mongolian чихэр (čixer), itself from Persian شکر (šakar) via Turkic, ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Noun
[edit]шикир • (šikir)
Southern Altai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *šiker, probably via Oirat.
Noun
[edit]шикир • (šikir)
- (Teleut) sugar
Synonyms
[edit]- чикир (čikir)
Categories:
- Northern Altai terms borrowed from Mongolian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Mongolian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Persian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Turkic languages
- Northern Altai terms derived from Sanskrit
- Northern Altai lemmas
- Northern Altai nouns
- atv:Sugars
- Southern Altai terms derived from Proto-Mongolic
- Southern Altai lemmas
- Southern Altai nouns
- alt:Sugars