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sambar¹

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Borrowed from Hindi सांभर (sāmbhar), साँभर (sāmbhar), from Sanskrit शम्बर (śambara, “a kind of deer”).

noun sambars · sambhar · sambhur · sambur · sambre

  1. A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).

    Similar: Cervus unicolor

sambar²

Where it comes from

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). Doublet of Anbar and ambar.

noun

  1. uncountable 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. A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.

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noun large species of deer

日本語水鹿 suiroku, サンバー sanbā
中文水鹿 shuǐlù
हिन्दीसाँबर sāmbar, सांबर sāmbar, सांभर sāmbhar, साम्भर sāmbhar
DeutschSambar
Русскийинди́йский замба́р indíjskij zambár
العربيةأيل السنبار ayyal al-sinbār

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@misc{sambar_2026,
  title = {sambar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sambar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}