jaggeryEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishjaggery /ˈdʒaɡ(ə)ri / ▸ noun [mass noun] a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation of the sap of palm trees. – ORIGIN late 16th century: from Portuguese xagara, jag(a)ra, from Malayalam cakkarā, from Sanskrit śarkarā ‘sugar’.