High confidenceAsma'ul Husna
شُكُور
Shakūr
/sha-KOOR/
Meaning
Very grateful; one who gives thanks abundantly
Yorùbá Adaptation
Yorùbá form
Sikiru
Sì-kì-rù
Arabic origin
شُكُور
Shakūr
The Arabic 'Shakūr' (شُكُور) was borrowed into Yorùbá as 'Sikiru'. The 'sh' was simplified to 's' (Yorùbá lacks the 'sh' phoneme in indigenous words). The long ū became 'u', and the vowels shifted under Yorùbá vowel harmony rules.
Islamic Context
al-Shakūr is one of the 99 names of Allah (Qur'an 35:30).