sambal

English

Etymology

Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel).

Noun

sambal (countable and uncountable, plural sambals)

1. A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.

Anagrams

• balsam, lambas

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sambal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑm.bɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sam‧bal

Noun

sambal m (plural sambals)

1. sambal, a relish made from chili peppers.

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sambal/
• Rhymes: -ambal, -bal, -al

Noun

sambal

1. sambal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sambal
• Dutch: sambal
• English: sambal
• French: sambal
• German: Sambal
• Indonesian: sambal
• Japanese: サンバル (sanbaru)

• Korean: 삼발 (sambal)
• Polish: sambal
• Slovene: sambal
• Spanish: sambal
• Swedish: sambal
• Tamil: சம்பல் (campal)
• Thai: ซัมบัล (sambal)

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Tagalog

Noun

sambál

1. crossing; junction of two roads or rivers