Jaggery in Urdu: گڑ (gur)
The Urdu word for jaggery, how it is said, what the powder and the palm kinds are called, and the dishes it goes into.
In short: Jaggery is called گڑ (gur) in Urdu. Jaggery powder is گڑ کا پاؤڈر، شکر (gur ka powder, shakkar). Said "gur" with a flapped r, the same word as in Hindi and Punjabi.
The Urdu words for jaggery
| In English | In Urdu | In Latin letters |
|---|---|---|
| Jaggery | گڑ | gur |
| Jaggery powder | گڑ کا پاؤڈر، شکر | gur ka powder, shakkar |
| Jaggery tea | گڑ کی چائے | gur ki chai |
| Sweet jaggery rice | گڑ والے چاول | gur wale chawal |
Urdu (اردو) is spoken in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, and Pakistan.
Gur in the Urdu kitchen
Urdu and Hindi share the word: گڑ in the Urdu script is गुड़ in Devanagari, and both are said the same way. Platts’ classical Urdu dictionary lists it, and it has not changed since.
شکر (shakkar, also said shakar) is the word to watch. In standard Urdu it means sugar. In the Punjabi-speaking belt it means powdered gur. A recipe that asks for shakkar should be read with its region in mind.
What it goes into
- Gur wale chawal. Sweet rice with jaggery, ghee and fennel.
- Gur ki chai. Winter tea sweetened with gur.
- Gur ka sharbat. Jaggery, lemon and water in summer.
- Gur ki kheer. Rice kheer with gur stirred in off the heat.
Recipes on this site that cook with the same gur: gur ke chawal, gur ki chai, nimbu gur sharbat and gur ki kheer. All of them are on the recipes page.
The same gur, delivered
Whatever a kitchen calls it, sugarcane jaggery is one food. Ours is made from cane grown in the Muzaffarnagar belt of Uttar Pradesh, crushed on a village kolhu and cooked in open iron kadhais with nothing added, and sent across India as a powder and as cubes.
Jaggery in other languages
- Jaggery in Hindi: गुड़ (gud or gur)
- Jaggery in Punjabi: ਗੁੜ (gur)
- Jaggery in Urdu: گڑ (gur)
- Jaggery in Marathi: गूळ (gul)
- Jaggery in Gujarati: ગોળ (gol)
- Jaggery in Bengali: গুড় (gur)
- Jaggery in Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ (guda)
- Jaggery in Assamese: গুৰ (gur)
- Jaggery in Tamil: வெல்லம் (vellam)
- Jaggery in Telugu: బెల్లం (bellam)
- Jaggery in Kannada: ಬೆಲ್ಲ (bella)
- Jaggery in Malayalam: ശർക്കര (sharkara)
Every language side by side: jaggery names in Indian languages.
Questions people ask
- What is jaggery called in Urdu?
- Jaggery is called گڑ (gur) in Urdu. It is sugarcane juice boiled down until it sets, sold as a block, as cubes or as a powder.
- What is jaggery powder called in Urdu?
- گڑ کا پاؤڈر، شکر (gur ka powder, shakkar). It is jaggery dried a little further and ground, so that it can be spooned and measured like sugar.