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zahăr
sugar /ˈzahər/
noun#2597 most common
Example sentences
Eu pun zahăr în cafea.
I put sugar in my coffee.
Îmi place ceaiul cu puțin zahăr.
I like tea with a little sugar.
Am cumpărat un kilogram de zahăr de la magazin.
I bought a kilogram of sugar from the store.
Medicul i-a recomandat să reducă zahărul din alimentație.
The doctor recommended he cut back on sugar in his diet.
Consumul excesiv de zahăr este asociat cu un risc crescut de diabet.
Excessive sugar consumption is linked to a higher risk of diabetes.
Industria zahărului a modelat economiile coloniale timp de secole, lăsând urme adânci în structurile sociale.
The sugar industry shaped colonial economies for centuries, leaving deep marks on social structures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zahărul | zaharurile |
| Genitive | zahărului | zaharurilor |
| Accusative | zahărul | zaharurile |
| Vocative | zahărule | None |
Word family
zaharossugary, sweet
zaharisito grow senile or dote (figurative, from sugar crystallizing)
zaharnițăsugar bowl
zaharicalesweets, confectionery
Etymology
Zahăr entered Romanian from a Slavic intermediary, likely Bulgarian or Old Church Slavonic zahar. That form traces back through Persian shekar to Sanskrit śarkarā, which originally meant gravel or grit and came to mean crystallized sugar. The same Persian-Arabic chain also gave English sugar, but through a separate route via Arabic sukkar and Old French sucre, so the two words are distant relatives rather than direct borrowings from each other.
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