noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdʒæɡəɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdʒæɡɹi/
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General-American:/ˈd͡ʒæɡəɹi/
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jagghery, jaggary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Assamese:
গুৰ
(gur)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Assamese:
গুড়
(gur)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Bengali:
গুড়
(guṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Bhojpuri:
भेली
(bhēlī)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Bhojpuri:
गूर
(gūr)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Bulgarian:
необработена палмова захар
(neobrabotena palmova zahar)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Burmese:
ထန်းလျက်
(htan:lyak)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Chinese Mandarin:
粗糖
(cūtáng)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Chinese Mandarin:
石蜜
(shímì)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Dhivehi:
ހަކުރު
(hakuru)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Finnish:
raakasokeri
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
French:
jaggery
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
French:
jagré
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
French:
jagre
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
German:
Vollrohrzucker
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Gujarati:
ગોળ
(goḷ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Hindi:
गुड़
(guṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Japanese:
ジャガリー
(jagarī)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Japanese:
ジャッガリー
(jaggarī)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Javanese:
gula abang
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Kannada:
ಬೆಲ್ಲ
(bella)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Kodava:
ಬೆಲ್ಲ
(bella)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Korean:
재거리
(jaegeori)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Macanese:
jagra
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Malay:
jageri
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Malay:
gula melaka
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Malayalam:
ചക്കര
(cakkara)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Malayalam:
ശർക്കര
(śaṟkkara)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Marathi:
गूळ
(gūḷ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Pashto:
گوړه
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Persian:
شکر زرد
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Polish:
jaggery
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Portuguese:
jágara
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Portuguese:
açúcar mascavo
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Punjabi:
ਗੁੜ
(guṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Russian:
па́льмовый са́хар-сыре́ц
(pálʹmovyj sáxar-syréc)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Russian:
са́хар-сыре́ц
(sáxar-syréc)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Sanskrit:
गुड
(guḍa)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Sanskrit:
गुल
(gula)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Santali:
ᱜᱩᱲ
(guṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Scottish Gaelic:
seagaraidh
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Serbo-Croatian:
јаггери
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Serbo-Croatian:
jaggeri
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Sindhi:
ڳڙ
(g̠ṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Sinhalese:
හකුරු
(hakuru)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Spanish:
panela
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Spanish:
papelón
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Spanish:
piloncillo
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Spanish:
raspadura
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Spanish:
tapa de dulce
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Swahili:
sukari guru
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Swahili:
sukari nguuru
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Tamil:
கட்டி
(kaṭṭi)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Tamil:
வெல்லம்
(vellam)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Telugu:
బెల్లము
(bellamu)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Thai:
น้ําตาลโตนด
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Tulu:
ಬೆಲ್ಲ
(bella)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Ukrainian:
джаггері
(džahheri)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Urdu:
گڑ
(guṛ)
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Vietnamese:
đường phên
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Vietnamese:
đường thô
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Welsh:
siwgwr crai
— traditional unrefined dark-brown sugar made from palm tree sap; other types of unrefined sugar
Ahirani:
गुऱ्हाय
(gurhāy)
— small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar
Marathi:
गुऱ्हाळ
(gurhāḷ)
— small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar
Varhadi:
गुऱ्हाळ
(gurhāḷ)
— small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane to make sugar
