jaggery
Jaggery (noun) means an unrefined, dark brown sugar made by boiling down palm or sugarcane sap, common in South and Southeast Asian cooking. Example: “The chai was sweetened with jaggery instead of white sugar.”
How to use jaggery
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA traditional unrefined sugar with a deep caramel flavor, widely used across South Asian cooking.
Word forms
jaggeries plural
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The chai was sweetened with _____ instead of white sugar.
Etymology
Traces back through Indo-Portuguese jagra to Sanskrit śarkarā ("candied sugar"), the same root that ultimately gave English the word sugar.
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What does “jaggery” mean?
The word “jaggery” means an unrefined, dark brown sugar made by boiling down palm or sugarcane sap, common in South and Southeast Asian cooking. In plain terms, a traditional unrefined sugar with a deep caramel flavor, widely used across South Asian cooking.
How do you pronounce “jaggery”?
“Jaggery” is pronounced JA-guh-ree (/ˈd͡ʒæɡəɹi/ in IPA).
How do you use “jaggery” in a sentence?
Here is “jaggery” used in a sentence: “The chai was sweetened with jaggery instead of white sugar.”
What part of speech is “jaggery”?
“Jaggery” is a noun.
Where does the word “jaggery” come from?
The word “jaggery” comes from Portuguese. Traces back through Indo-Portuguese jagra to Sanskrit śarkarā ("candied sugar"), the same root that ultimately gave English the word sugar.
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