чихэр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *šiker/*šikir. Probably transmitted via a Turkic language from Persian شکر‎ (šakar), ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Initial ч- (č-) is irregular and isn't found in all dialects, but there exist parallels in other Mongolic and Turkic languages such as Middle Mongolian 扯克兒 (čeker), جَكَرْ‎ (čeker) (a hapax legomenon) in Karakhanid يَنْدَنْ جَكَرْ‎ (yandak čeker, “manna”, literally “camelthorn sugar”) or Kipchak [Arabic needed] (čeker börek, literally “sugar burek”).

Noun

чихэр • (čiher) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (siqir))

  1. sugar
  2. candy

Descendants
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