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palm sugar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Sugar made from the sap of various species of palm tree, family Arecaceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Banjarese: gula habang — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Burmese: ထန်းလျက် (htan:lyak) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棕櫚糖 /棕榈糖 — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Finnish: palmusokeri — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • German: Palmzucker — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Indonesian: gula aren — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Japanese: 椰子糖 (yashitō) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦭꦗꦮ (gula jawa) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦭꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (gula klapa) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦭꦲꦧꦁ (gula abang) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Javanese: ꦒꦸꦭꦲꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (gula arèn) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Khmer: ស្ករត្នោត (skɑɑtnaot) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Malay: gula Melaka — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Malay: gula tuak — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Malayalam: ചക്കര (cakkara) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Malayalam: കരിപ്പെട്ടി (karippeṭṭi) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Russian: па́льмовый са́хар (pálʹmovyj sáxar) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Sundanese: ᮌᮥᮜ ᮊᮝᮥᮀ (gula kawung) — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Swedish: palmsocker — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Thai: น้ําตาลปึก — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree
  • Vietnamese: đường thốt nốt — sugar made from the sap of the palm tree