seker

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See also: Seker, şeker, and şəkər

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch seker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (free, secure).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

seker (attributive sekere, comparative sekerder, superlative sekerste)

  1. sure, certain
  2. confident, secure

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

seker

  1. probably; likely
    Dis seker wat gebeur het.
    That's probably what happened.
    Hy is seker nog by die hospitaal.
    He is likely still at the hospital.

Synonyms[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

seker f

  1. genitive plural of sekera

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

seker

  1. Alternative form of siker

Adverb[edit]

seker

  1. Alternative form of siker

Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel).

Noun[edit]

seker (šakar)

  1. sugar