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jaggery

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdʒæɡəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aeggjryStarts with JEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

Word origin

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.

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  • He counted the seasons by the special points that jutted out, such as the harvest in January, when his disciples brought him sugar cane and jaggery cooked with rice; […]

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