sambar

Meaning

Noun

• A Southeast Asian deer, Cervus unicolor (species).
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• Rusa unicolor (species)

Origin

• Borrowed from Hindi सांभर, साँभर, from Sanskrit शम्बर ("a kind of deer").
• From Tamil சாம்பார், from Marathi सांभार/सांबार, from Old Marathi सांबार, from Sanskrit सम्भार ("materials required for a particular purpose, provision; collection of spices"), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European, from *sem- + *bʰer-. Anbar, and ambar.