azúcar

/aˈθukaɾ/ · B1 · noun

sugar

azúcar — sugar

🍬 Arabic as-sukkar = the sugar; az- is the Arabic article glued on

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- (here as-) attached to the noun, as in arroz and aceite. Sukkar came via Persian shakar from Sanskrit sharkara, the same root as English sugar.

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