jaggery

Meaning

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.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar.

Synonyms

jaggary

jagghery

raw sugar

refined sugar

sugar

white sugar

Translations

açúcar mascavo

ακαθάριστη ζάχαρη

jagre

Rohzucker

jagré

sucre

Weisszucker

sucre blanc

sucre roux

sucre raffiné

Jagrezucker

zucchero

zucchero bianco

zucchero grezzo

Zucker

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʒæɡəɹi/

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.