jaggery

[ jag-uh-ree ]

/ ˈdʒæg ə ri /

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noun

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

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Origin of jaggery

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

Words nearby jaggery

Jagatai, Jagello, jager, jagged, Jagger, jaggery, jaggies, jaggy, Jagiello, jaguar, jaguarondi

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How to use jaggery in a sentence

A kind of a sugar called “jaggery” is also obtained from the cocoanut juice.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Her dietary includes jaggery (crude sugar) and milk and plantains.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
He answers his question by drinking some of the conjee, and eating a little jaggery.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
There are high hopes of feasts of cocoanuts and jaggery, beef and boiled rice.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

Before anointing, the people about to do it must present a cocoanut and jaggery.
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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