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jugaad

/d͡ʒʊˈɡɑːd/

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South Asia/d͡ʒʊ.ɡɑːɽ/

jugaad noun: a process or technique that lessens disorder in one's life, making it easier to manage, or more convenient.

Noun

jugaad (countable and uncountable, plural jugaads or jugaad)

  1. (South-Asia) A process or technique that lessens disorder in one's life, making it easier to manage, or more convenient.
  2. (South-Asia, countable) A powered quadricycle used in India.

Forms of jugaad

pluraljugaads
pluraljugaad

Origin of jugaad

Borrowed from Hindi जुगाड़ (jugāṛ, “joining or union”), itself cognate to English yoke. There are similar idioms in the Dravidian languages, for example, Malayalam തട്ടിക്കൂട്ട് (taṭṭikkūṭṭŭ, “put together”), Malayalam ഒപ്പീര് (oppīrŭ, “fixing or getting”), or Tamil மழட்டு (maḻaṭṭu, “to distract”), Telugu ఉపాయము (upāyamu).

Questions about jugaad

What does jugaad mean?
Jugaad means a process or technique that lessens disorder in one's life, making it easier to manage, or more convenient.
What part of speech is jugaad?
Jugaad is a noun.
How do you pronounce jugaad?
Jugaad is pronounced /d͡ʒʊˈɡɑːd/.
What is the plural of jugaad?
The plural of jugaad is jugaads.

Words near jugaad in the dictionary

  1. jug wines
  2. jug-eared
  3. jug-heavies
  4. jug-heavy
  5. juga
  6. jugaad
  7. jugaads
  8. jugaadu
  9. jugae
  10. jugal
  11. jugalbandhi

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