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jaggery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdʒæɡəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒæɡəɹi/ (General-American)
• /ˈdʒæɡɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • 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 Shoes, to keep their Feet from Thorns, becauſe to them they chiefly truſted. 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, page 304:
   • 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 Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 78:
   • 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 which Liquor they boyl and make a kind of brown Sugar, called Jaggory; […] 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:
   • 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. There are various opinions among the modern practitioners regarding its usefulness, but those who have had the most extensive practice in building, hold it as an indispensable ingredient in the formation of a durable and hard cement; and it is stated that the operator evidently perceives the dissolvent property of the jaggery water, on its being tempered with the prepared mortar. 1834, Rám Ráz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús, London: […] [F]or the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; by John William Parker, […], →OCLC, page 64:
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar.

Forms

Descendants

seagaraidh · ジャガリー · ジャッガリー · jagré

Translations (65)

mr गूळ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · pl jaggery (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · gu ગોળ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · th น้ำตาลโตนด (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · de Vollrohrzucker (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · pt açúcar mascavo (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · es piloncillo (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · bn গুড় (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ja ジャッガリー (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · fa شکر زرد (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · fi raakasokeri (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · vi đường phên (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · vah गुऱ्हाळ (small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar) · bho भेली (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · my ထန်းလျက် (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ml ചക്കര (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · vi đường thô (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · es raspadura (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · cmn 石蜜 (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ms gula melaka (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · mr गुऱ्हाळ (small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar) · dv ހަކުރު (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · fr jagre (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · fr jaggery (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · si හකුරු (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ta வெல்லம் (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ps گوړه (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · es papelón (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sa गुड (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · jv gula abang (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ur گڑ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · hi गुड़ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ru па́льмовый са́хар-сыре́ц (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · fr jagré (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · tcy ಬೆಲ್ಲ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · cy siwgwr crai (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ru са́хар-сыре́ц (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · es tapa de dulce (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · bg необработена палмова захар (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ml ശർക്കര (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · mzs jagra (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sw sukari guru (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · gd seagaraidh (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · bho गूर (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · pa ਗੁੜ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · pt jágara (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sw sukari nguuru (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · kn ಬೆಲ್ಲ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ko 재거리 (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ja ジャガリー (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · as গুড় (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · kfa ಬೆಲ್ಲ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sat ᱜᱩᱲ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · cmn 粗糖 (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · es panela (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ms jageri (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · as গুৰ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sh jaggeri (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · uk джаггері (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · te బెల్లము (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sh јаггери (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · sd ڳڙ (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ahr गुऱ्हाय (small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar) · sa गुल (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar) · ta கட்டி (traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar)