ragi

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːɡi/

Borrowed from Hindi रागी (rāgī).

Ragi (Eleusine coracana)

Ragi (grain)

• ragee, raggee, raggy, ragy

ragi (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: African finger millet, caracan millet, finger millet, koracan

From Malay ragi (“fermenting medium, yeast”), from an Indian language such as Hindi रागी (rāgī, “finger millet”), since finger millet can be fermented. See Etymology 1.

ragi (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: ragi yeast

   • 2005, Malaysia at Random, Didier Millet, page 30:

     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.

   • 2014, Florence Tan, Florence Tan: Best Nyonya Recipes, page 108:

     Finely ground and sifted round ragi yeast 3⁄4 tsp

• Ragi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Ağrı, Gair, Riga, agri, agri-

ragi

1. inflection of rajar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈraɡi]
• Hyphenation: ra‧gi

From Malay ragi, probably from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “seasoning, condiment”).

ragi (plural ragi-ragi, first-person possessive ragiku, second-person possessive ragimu, third-person possessive raginya)

1. (cooking) starter: a yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
2. (cooking) ragi: a type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

   Synonym: fermen

From Malay ragi, from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “colour, dye”). Doublet of raga and ragam.

ragi (plural ragi-ragi, first-person possessive ragiku, second-person possessive ragimu, third-person possessive raginya)

1. (clothing) colour, color.

   Synonyms: warna, ragam

2. (clothing) pattern.

   Synonym: corak

• “ragi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ragi m

1. nominative/vocative plural of rags

• argi (without metathesis)

ragi

1. weak masculine nominative singular of ragr