English Explanatory Dictionary

sambar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

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

Word forms

sambar sambars sambhar sambhur sambur sambre

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Cervus unicolor
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