different between sambar vs sambal

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi ????? (s?mbhar), ????? (s?mbhar), from Sanskrit ????? (?ambara, “a kind of deer”).

Alternative forms

• sambhar
• sambhur
• sambur

Noun

sambar (plural sambars)

1. (zoology) A Southeast Asian deer, Cervus unicolor.

Synonyms

• (Cervus unicolor): Rusa unicolor

Etymology 2

From Tamil ???????? (c?mp?r), from Marathi ?????? (s?mbh?r)/?????? (s?mb?r, “curry”), from Old Marathi ?????? (s??b?ra), from Sanskrit ?????? (sambh?rá, “materials required for a particular purpose, provision; collection of spices”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *samb??rás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *samb??rás, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-b?or-ó-s, from *sem- (“together, one”) +? *b?er- (“to bear, carry”) +? *-ós (deverbal suffix). Doublet of Anbar.

Noun

sambar (uncountable)

1. (cooking) 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.

Further reading

• Sambar deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sambar (dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cervus unicolor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Abrams, Bamars, abrams, ambars

Portuguese

Etymology

samba +? -ar

Verb

sambar (first-person singular present indicative sambo, past participle sambado)

1. (intransitive) to samba

Conjugation

Further reading

• “sambar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sambal (countable and uncountable, plural sambals)

1. A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.

Anagrams

• balsam, lambas

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sambel (now Suriname)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sambal, from Javanese ??????? (sambel). In Surinamese Dutch it may have been directly borrowed from Javanese, although the meaning is rather distinct from the Javanese word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m.b?l/
• Hyphenation: sam?bal

Noun

sambal m (plural sambals)

1. (Netherlands, Belgium, chiefly uncountable) Sambal, a relish made from chili peppers. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1797, J. S. Stavorinus, Reize van Zeeland over de Kaap de Goede Hoop en Batavia, naar Samarang, Macasser, Amboina, Suratte, enz., vol. I, publ. by A. & J. Honkoop, page 261.

2. (Suriname) A spicy spread made of chili peppers and chicken, esp. chopped liver.

Estonian

Noun

sambal

1. adessive singular of sammas

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ??????? (sambel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sambal/
• Rhymes: -ambal, -bal, -al

Noun

sambal (Jawi spelling ?????, plural sambal-sambal, informal 1st possessive sambalku, impolite 2nd possessive sambalmu, 3rd possessive sambalnya)

1. sambal

Descendants

Further reading

• “sambal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Noun

sambál

1. crossing; junction of two roads or rivers