sambar
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindi सांभर (sāmbhar), साँभर (sāmbhar), from Sanskrit शम्बर (śambara, “a kind of deer”).
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Alternative forms
Noun
sambar (countable and uncountable, plural sambars)
- (countable, zoology) A Southeast Asian deer, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
Etymology 2
From Tamil சாம்பார் (cāmpār), 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).
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Noun
sambar (countable and uncountable, plural sambars)
- (uncountable, cooking) A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of vegetables and lentils (usually pigeon peas, also called toor dal) in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup base.
Synonyms
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Further reading
Sambar deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sambar (dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cervus unicolor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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