jágara
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam ചക്കര (cakkara) or ശർക്കര (śaṟkkara), or Tamil சக்கரை (cakkarai).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.ɡa.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.ɡa.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒa.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/ [ˈʒa.ɣɐ.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɡaɾɐ, (Portugal) -aɡɐɾɐ
- Hyphenation: já‧ga‧ra
Noun
jágara f (plural jágaras)
- jaggery (traditional unrefined sugar)
Descendants
- → English: jaggery, jaggary, jagghery, jaggory, jaggry, jagra
- → French: jagré
- → Japanese: ジャガリー (jagarī), ジャッガリー (jaggarī)
- → Scottish Gaelic: seagaraidh
Further reading
- “jágara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “jágara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025