Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ragi

/ˈɹɑːɡi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: ra-gi
IPA: /ˈɹɑːɡi/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.

Uncountable

noun

A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Pound 5 kg of round ragi (yeast) and 5 pieces of thinly sliced ragi into powder. Mix ragi into cooled rice."
"2010, M.J. Robert Nout, Kofi E. Aidoo, 2: Asian Fungal Fermented Food, Martin Hofrichter (volume editor), Karl Esser (editor), The Mycota, Volume X: Industrial Applications, page 49, It is made from cooked gelatinised rice and red pulverised ragi (yeast cake or jui-piang) and fermented for up to 30 days at 25°C."
"Finely ground and sifted round ragi yeast 3⁄4 tsp"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi रागी (rāgī).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: ragi, रागी

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ragee (alternative) raggee (alternative) raggy (alternative) ragy (alternative)

Synonyms

African finger millet caracan millet finger millet coracan koracan ragi yeast ragee african millet corakan kurakkan eleusine coracana

Questions

How do you pronounce ragi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɑːɡi/.
What does ragi mean?: A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
Where does ragi come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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