Tamar

See also: tamar

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

Proper noun

Tamar

1. A daughter-in-law of Judah.
2. A daughter of David.
3. A daughter of Absalom.
4. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Quotations

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

  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.

• Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

  And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Translations

daughter-in-law of Judah

• French: Tamar (fr)
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Related terms

• Tamara
• Thamar

Etymology 2

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

Proper noun

Tamar

1. A river in southwestern England, which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall.
2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river. [1]

Anagrams

• MARTA, Matar, Tamra, matra, trama