jaggery

[ jag-uh-ree ]

/ ˈdʒæg ə ri /

noun

a coarse, dark sugar, especially that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.

Nearby words

Origin of jaggery

1590–1600; < Portuguese (of India) jágara, jagre < Malayalam chakkara < Sanskrit śarkarā sugar

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Examples from the Web for jaggery

Before anointing, the people about to do it must present a cocoanut and jaggery.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
It is the only one from which the natives can extract sugar; it also produces the best Bella or Jaggery.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom|P. L. Simmonds
Asafoetida, jaggery and other articles are then given, not to the mother but to the father.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV|R.V. Russell
There are high hopes of feasts of cocoanuts and jaggery, beef and boiled rice.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

All three then partake of the conjee and jaggery, after which they rise from the mat, and the plates and mat are removed.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for jaggery

jaggery

jaggary or jagghery

/ (ˈdʒæɡərɪ) /

noun

a coarse brown sugar made in the East Indies from the sap of the date palm

Word Origin for jaggery

C16: from Hindi jāgrī; compare Sanskrit sárkarā gritty substance, sugar

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