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)

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

Sumerian

Romanization

sahar

  1. Romanization of 𒅖 (saḫar)

Ter Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian са́хар (sáxar).

Noun

sahar

  1. 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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