jaggery
Syllables: jag·ge·ry/ˈdʒæɡəɹi/US/ˈd͡ʒæɡəɹi/
jaggery noun: a traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.
Noun
jaggery (countable and uncountable, plural jaggeries)
- A traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.
- The next Tree is the Kettule. […] It yieldeth a ſort of Liquor, which they call Tellegie: it is rarely ſweet and pleaſing to the Pallate, and as wholſom to the Body, but no ſtronger than water. […] An ordinary Tree will yield ſome three, ſome four Gallons in a day, ſome more and ſome leſs. The...1681, Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: […], London: […] Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 15
- On Sunday, Oct. 12. being ſtored vvith all things needful for their Journey, viz. Ten Days Proviſion, a Baſin to boil their Provision in, two Calabaſhes to fetch VVater in, and tvvo great Tallipat Leaves for Tents, with Jaggory, Svveet-meats, Tobacco, Betell, Tinder-Boxes, and a Deer-Skin for...1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC...
- A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar.
jaggery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jaggery in Hindi
- traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
- गुड़ guṛ
jaggery in Tamil
- traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
- கட்டி kaṭṭi, வெல்லம் vellam
jaggery in Marathi
- traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
- गूळ gūḷ
- small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar
- गुऱ्हाळ gurhāḷ
jaggery in Urdu
- traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
- گڑ guṛ
More languagesFewer languages
- jaggery in Bengali
- গুড় guṛ
- jaggery in Telugu
- బెల్లము bellamu
- jaggery in Malayalam
- ചക്കര cakkara, ശർക്കര śaṟkkara
- jaggery in Kannada
- ಬೆಲ್ಲ bella
- jaggery in Punjabi
- ਗੁੜ guṛ
- jaggery in Gujarati
- ગોળ goḷ
- jaggery in Sanskrit
- गुड guḍa, गुल gula
- jaggery in Sinhala
- හකුරු hakuru
- jaggery in Assamese
- গুৰ gur, গুড় gur
- jaggery in Pashto
- گوړه
- jaggery in Malay
- jageri, gula melaka
- jaggery in Persian
- شکر زرد
- jaggery in Thai
- น้ำตาลโตนด
- jaggery in Vietnamese
- đường phên, đường thô
- jaggery in Myanmar
- ထန်းလျက် htan:lyak
- Sindhi
- ڳڙ g̠ṛ
- Dhivehi
- ހަކުރު hakuru
Examples of jaggery in a sentence
- In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from the remotest ages.1834, Rám Ráz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús, London: […] [F]or the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; by...
- He counted the seasons by the special points that jutted out, such as the harvest in January, when his disciples brought him sugar cane and jaggery cooked with rice; […]1958, R. K. Narayan [Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami], chapter 6, in The Guide […], Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin...
Forms of jaggery
| plural | jaggeries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | jaggary |
| alternative form | jagghery |
| alternative form | jaggory |
| alternative form | jaggry |
| alternative form | jagra |
Origin of jaggery
PIE word *ḱorkeh₂ Borrowed from Indo-Portuguese jágara, jagra, from Malayalam ചക്കര (cakkara, “jaggery”) or Tamil சக்கரை (cakkarai), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “candied or ground sugar; (chiefly in the plural) grit, gravel, shingle; gravelly soil; pebble”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”). Doublet of sugar.
Questions about jaggery
- What does jaggery mean?
- Jaggery means a traditional dark-brown unrefined sugar made from palm tree sap which is used throughout South and Southeast Asia; (by extension) other types of unrefined sugar.
- What is jaggery in Hindi?
- Jaggery in Hindi is गुड़ (guṛ). See Jaggery meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use jaggery in a sentence?
- In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from the remotest ages.
- What part of speech is jaggery?
- Jaggery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jaggery?
- Jaggery is pronounced /ˈdʒæɡəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jaggery?
- The plural of jaggery is jaggeries.
Words near jaggery in the dictionary
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