jugaadn.

Brit.

/dʒʊˈɡɑːd/, U.S.

/ˌdʒuˈɡɑd/

Forms: 1900s– jugaad, 1900s– jugad, 1900s– jugaar, 2000s– jugaard.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi jugāṛ.

Etymology: < Hindi jugāṛ means, combination of means and material < Sanskrit yogyā contrivance (ultimately < yuj- : see join v.¹) + a suffix forming nouns.Perhaps popularized by Hindi Kabāṛ se Jugāṛ , lit ‘useful things from rubbish’, the title of a book of science experiments for children (c1990; the English version is called Little Science). With the variation between final d and r in English compare the discussion at bada adj.

Originally and chiefly South Asian.

1. A makeshift automobile constructed from inexpensive materials.

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1995 Wall St. Jrnl. 31 Jan. a18/4 How does one start a Jugaad? The driver just manually cranks up the engine with a handle.

2008 T. Vanderbilt Traffic (2009) viii. 242 That this jugad vehicle might not be safe..is one of the..traffic risks that come with lack of money.

2. figurative. Flexible problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way.

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2002 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Sept. IT entrepreneur Karan Vir Singh..called it [sc. the creative individuality of the Indian mind] the ‘jugaad’ factor.

2013 V. Chandra Geek Sublime (2014) vi. 127 In recent years, jugaad..has acquired the dignifying sobriquet of ‘frugal engineering’.

2016 Mint (New Delhi) (Nexis) 17 June In a country of jugaad, surely there must be hundreds of innovations possible to address these problems of..human-wildlife conflict?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jugaad
释义	jugaadn. Brit. /dʒʊˈɡɑːd/, U.S. /ˌdʒuˈɡɑd/ Forms: 1900s– jugaad, 1900s– jugad, 1900s– jugaar, 2000s– jugaard. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi jugāṛ. Etymology: < Hindi jugāṛ means, combination of means and material < Sanskrit yogyā contrivance (ultimately < yuj- : see join v.¹) + a suffix forming nouns.Perhaps popularized by Hindi Kabāṛ se Jugāṛ , lit ‘useful things from rubbish’, the title of a book of science experiments for children (c1990; the English version is called Little Science). With the variation between final d and r in English compare the discussion at bada adj. Originally and chiefly South Asian. 1. A makeshift automobile constructed from inexpensive materials. ΚΠ 1995 Wall St. Jrnl. 31 Jan. a18/4 How does one start a Jugaad? The driver just manually cranks up the engine with a handle. 2008 T. Vanderbilt Traffic (2009) viii. 242 That this jugad vehicle might not be safe..is one of the..traffic risks that come with lack of money. 2. figurative. Flexible problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way. ΚΠ 2002 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Sept. IT entrepreneur Karan Vir Singh..called it [sc. the creative individuality of the Indian mind] the ‘jugaad’ factor. 2013 V. Chandra Geek Sublime (2014) vi. 127 In recent years, jugaad..has acquired the dignifying sobriquet of ‘frugal engineering’. 2016 Mint (New Delhi) (Nexis) 17 June In a country of jugaad, surely there must be hundreds of innovations possible to address these problems of..human-wildlife conflict? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1995
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