English Explanatory Dictionary

sambal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.
noun
  1. A member of a Filipino ethnolinguistic group living primarily in the province of Zambales and the Pangasinense municipalities of Bolinao and Anda.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sambal.wav

Word forms

sambal sambals Zambal

Etymology

Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel).

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