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Tamar¹

  • /ˈteɪmə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈtɑːmɑ(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

proper noun

  1. A daughter-in-law of Judah.
  2. A daughter of David.
  3. A daughter of Absalom.
  4. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Tamar²

  • /ˈteɪmɑː(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

proper noun

  1. A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties.
  2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.
  3. Administrative centre of Hong Kong.

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name daughter-in-law of Judah

EspañolTamar
中文她瑪 /她玛
हिन्दीतामार tāmār
PortuguêsTamar
FrançaisTamar
DeutschTamar
ItalianoTamar
ΕλληνικάΘάμαρ Thámar
RomânăTamar
РусскийФамарь Famarʹ

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"Tamar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tamar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Tamar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tamar

Chicago

"Tamar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tamar.

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@misc{tamar_2026,
  title = {Tamar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tamar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}