sahar

Maltese

Root
s-h-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَهِرَ‎ (sahira).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saːr/
Homophone: sar
Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

sahar (imperfect jishar)

to wake (part of) the night (usually for work or religious devotions)

Conjugation

The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.

Conjugation of sahar
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	shart	shart	sahar		sharna	shartu	sahru
perfect	f	shart	shart	sahret		sharna	shartu	sahru
imperfect	m	nishar	tishar	jishar		nishru	tishru	jishru
imperfect	f	nishar	tishar	tishar		nishru	tishru	jishru
imperative			ishar				ishru

Sumerian

Romanization

sahar

Romanization of 𒅖 (saḫar)

Ter Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian са́хар (sáxar).

Noun

sahar

sugar

Further reading

Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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