E. Ind. Also jungar. [a. Tamil jangar = Tuḷu jangāla: see JANGADA. (An early form of this word intermediate between Skr. saṃghāṭa and the mod. Dravidian forms occurs in the Periplus of Arrianus (A.D. 124), in the Gr. spelling σάγγαρον.)] A raft; = JANGADA b.
1800. Wellington, Suppl. Desp. (1858), I. 519. There are two rivers…. It will be proper to have a jungar upon each of them.
1886. Yule & Burnell, Anglo-Ind. Gloss., Jangar.… A raft. Port. jangada.
