tamara

See also: Tamara, tamará, tâmara, and Tamāra

English

Noun

tamara (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A condiment popular in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, etc.

Anagrams

• tarama

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْرَة (tamra).

Noun

tamara f (plural tamaras)

1. (Old Portuguese) date (fruit of the date palm)

   Synonym: datil

Descendants

• Portuguese: tâmara
  • → Tetum: támara

References

• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “tâmara”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Noun

tamara f (plural tamaras)

1. obsolete spelling of tâmara