different between sambar vs sambhar

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

Noun

sambhar (plural sambhars)

1. Alternative form of sambar

Anagrams

• Barhams, Brahams, Brahmas, shambar