साँभर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑːm.bʱəɾ/, [sä̃ːm.bʱɐɾ]

Etymology 1

साँभर का एक कटोरा

Borrowed from Marathi सांभार (sāmbhār), सांबार (sāmbār, “curry”), from Old Marathi सांबार (sāṃbāra), from Sanskrit सम्भार (sambhārá, “materials required for a particular purpose, provision; collection of spices”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-bʰor-ó-s, from *sem- (“together, one”) +‎ *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”) +‎ *-ós (deverbal suffix). Doublet of संभार (sambhār, “collection, assemblage”).

Alternative forms

• सांभर (sāmbhar) — alternative spelling
• साँबर (sāmbar), सांबर (sāmbar)

Noun

साँभर • (sāmbhar) m (Urdu spelling سامبھر or سانبھر)

1. (cooking) sambar (a spiced South Indian lentil and vegetable curry)

Declension

Declension of साँभर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभर sāmbhar
oblique	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरों sāmbharõ
vocative	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरो sāmbharo

Etymology 2

साँभर हिरण

Variant of साँबर (sāmbar), from Prakrit संबर (saṃbara), from Sanskrit शम्बर (śambara, “a kind of deer”).

Alternative forms

• सांभर (sāmbhar) — alternative spelling
• साँबर (sāmbar), सांबर (sāmbar)

Noun

साँभर • (sāmbhar) m (Urdu spelling سامبھر or سانبھر)

1. Rusa unicolor; the sambar deer

Declension

Declension of साँभर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभर sāmbhar
oblique	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरों sāmbharõ
vocative	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरो sāmbharo

Etymology 3

सांभर खारी झील

Related to Sanskrit शाकम्भरी (śākambharī, “a lake in Rājputāna, the goddess Śākambharī”), from शाकम् (śākam, “vegetable”) +‎ भरी (bharī, “bearing”). Compare Hindi शाक (śāk, “vegetables”).

Noun

साँभर • (sāmbhar) m (Urdu spelling سامبھر or سانبھر)

1. a lake in Rajasthan
2. a type of rock salt obtained from this lake

Declension

Declension of साँभर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभर sāmbhar
oblique	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरों sāmbharõ
vocative	साँभर sāmbhar	साँभरो sāmbharo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “साँभर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press