tamarind

English

Tamarindus indica

A bowl of Penang asam laksa, a noodle dish of Peranakan origin flavoured with asam or tamarind

Etymology

From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæməɹɪnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)

1. (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
2. (cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
   • 2015 April 30, Jordan Bissell, “10 wacky U.S. restaurants”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Currently, the Palestinian territories are being featured, and the menu boasts treats like maftoul (a garlicky chicken and couscous dish) and tamar Hindi (chilled tamarind juice with rose water).

   • 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 253:

     He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms.

3. Other similar species:
   1. Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
   2. Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
   3. A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
4. A dark brown color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).

   tamarind:  

Derived terms

• monkey tamarind
• tamarind fish

Translations

tropical tree

• Albanian: brukë (sq) f
• Arabic: تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy)
• Assamese: তেঁতেলী গছ (tẽteli gos)
• Bengali: তেঁতুল (bn) (tẽtul), তিন্তিড়ী (bn) (tintiṛi), বৃক্ষাম্ল (brikkhamlo)
• Burmese: မန်ကျည်း (my) (mankyany:)
• Catalan: tamerinde m
• Cebuano: sambag
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅望子 / 罗望子 (zh) (luówàngzǐ)

• Dutch: tamarinde (nl)
• Esperanto: tamarindarbo, tamarindujo
• Finnish: tamarindi (fi)
• French: tamarinier (fr) m
• Fula: jaɓɓehi
• German: Tamarinde (de) f
• Gujarati: આમલી f (āmalī)
• Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa
• Hiligaynon: sambag
• Hindi: इमली (hi) (imlī)
• Hungarian: tamarindusz (hu)
• Ilocano: salomagi
• Indonesian: asam jawa (id)
• Irish: tamarain f, tor tamaraine
• Italian: tamarindo (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: tambrin
• Japanese: タマリンド (ja) (tamarindo)
• Kabuverdianu: tanbarina
• Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (kn) (huṇase)
• Kapampangan: sampaluk
• Kashmiri: تَمبٕر (tambụr)
• Khmer: ដើមអម្ពិល (daeumʼâmpĭl)
• Kinaray-a: samalagi
• Lao: ຂາມ (khām)
• Malay: asam jawa (ms)
• Malayalam: പുളി (ml) (puḷi), വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi)
• Maléku Jaíka: tonh
• Maranao: sambag
• Marathi: चिंच (ciñca)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mhadju class 3/4
• Pangasinan: salomage
• Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi), خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi), خنجه (xanja), جنجه (janja)
• Portuguese: tamarindeiro m, tamarindeira f, tamarindo (pt) m, tamarineiro m, tamarinheiro m
• Romanian: tamarin (ro) m
• Russian: тамари́нд (ru) m (tamarínd)
• Sanskrit: तिन्त्रिणी (tintriṇī)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: индијска хурма f

  Roman: indijska hurma f

• Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyaᵐbalā)
• Spanish: tamarindo (es) m
• Swahili: mkwaju (sw)
• Swedish: tamarind c
• Tagalog: sampalok (tl), punong sampalok
• Tamil: புளி (ta) (puḷi)
• Telugu: చింతచెట్టు (te) (cintaceṭṭu)
• Thai: มะขาม (th) (má-kǎam)
• Turkish: demirhindi, Hint hurması (tr)
• Vietnamese: me (vi)
• Volapük: tamarin (vo)
• Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד m (tamarind)

fruit

• Assamese: তেঁতেলী (tẽteli)
• Bengali: তেঁতুল (bn) (tẽtul), তিন্তিড়ী (bn) (tintiṛi)
• Burmese: မန်ကျည်းသီး (my) (mankyany:si:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酸荳 / 酸豆 (zh) (suāndòu)

• Esperanto: tamarindo (eo)
• Finnish: tamarindi (fi)
• French: tamarin (fr) m
• German: Tamarinde (de) f
• Greek: οξυφοίνικα (oxyfoínika)
• Gujarati: આમલી f (āmalī)
• Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa
• Hindi: इमली (hi) (imlī)
• Hungarian: tamarind (hu)
• Indonesian: asam jawa (id)
• Irish: tamarain f
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: tamarindo (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: tambrin
• Japanese: タマリンド (ja) (tamarindo)
• Javanese: asem jawa
• Kabuverdianu: tanbarina
• Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (kn) (huṇase)
• Khmer: អម្ពិល (km) (ʼɑmpɨl), អំពិល (km) (ʼɑmpɨl)
• Lao: ໝາກຂາມ (lo) (māk khām)
• Latvian: tamarinds m
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Malagasy: kily (mg)
• Malay: asam jawa (ms)
• Malayalam: പുളി (ml) (puḷi), വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi)
• Maranao: sambag, banto'on
• Marathi: चिंच (ciñca)
• Middle English: thamarynde
• Odia: ତେନ୍ତୁଳି (tentuḷi)
• Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi), خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi), خنجه (xanja), جنجه (janja)
• Portuguese: tamarindo (pt) m, tamarinho m
• Punjabi: ਇਮਲੀ (pa) (imalī)
• Russian: тамари́нд (ru) m (tamarínd)
• Sanskrit: अम्लिका (sa) f (amlikā)
• Santali: ᱡᱚᱡᱚ ᱡᱚ (jôjô jô)
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyaᵐbalā)
• Spanish: tamarindo (es) m
• Swahili: ukwaju
• Swedish: tamarind c
• Sylheti: ꠔꠦꠔꠂ (tetoi)
• Tagalog: sampalok (tl)
• Tamil: புளி (ta) (puḷi)
• Tausug: asam
• Telugu: చింతపండు (te) (cintapaṇḍu)
• Thai: มะขาม (th) (má-kǎam)
• Tulu: ಪುಳಿಂಕಟೆ (puḷiṅkaṭe)
• Turkish: demirhindi, Hint hurması (tr)
• Vietnamese: me (vi), trái me
• Volapük: tamarinafluk (vo)
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד m (tamarind)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• tamarind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tamarindus indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tamarindus indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Swedish

Noun

tamarind c

1. (botany) tamarind
2. (cooking) tamarind

Declension

Declension of tamarind

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tamarind	tamarinds
	definite	tamarinden	tamarindens
plural	indefinite	tamarinder	tamarinders
	definite	tamarinderna	tamarindernas

References

• tamarind in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tamarind in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tamarind in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)