Tamar
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tamar
- A daughter-in-law of Judah.
- A daughter of David.
- A daughter of Absalom.
- A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Quotations[edit]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 38:11:
- Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 13:22:
- And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tamar
- A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties.
- A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.
- Administrative centre of Hong Kong.
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