sambar

sambar

English

Etymology 1

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

A buck sambar deer (1).

Alternative forms

• sambhar, sambhur, sambur
• sambre (obsolete)

Noun

sambar (plural sambars)

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

Synonyms

• (Cervus unicolor): Rusa unicolor

Etymology 2

From Tamil சாம்பார் (cāmpār), from Marathi सांभार (sāmbhār)/सांबार (sāmbār, “curry”), from Old Marathi सांबार (sāṃbāra), from Sanskrit सम्भार (sambhārá, “materials required for a particular purpose, provision; collection of spices”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sambʰārás, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-bʰor-ó-s, from *sem- (“together, one”) +‎ *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”) +‎ *-ós (deverbal suffix). Doublet of Anbar and ambar.

A bowl of sambar (2).

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From samba +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to samba
   • 1970, “Tá Chegando Fevereiro”, performed by Os Originais do Samba:

     Tá chegando o mês de fevereiro, / Acabou o meu dinheiro, / e já não sei como vou fazer / Para com ela ir brincar, / sem dinheiro pra gastar, / como vou sambar?

     February is coming / My money ran out, / and now I don't know what I'll do / To go out with her, / without money to spend, / How will I samba?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sambar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sambar
Personal	sambar	sambares	sambar	sambarmos	sambardes	sambarem
Gerund
	sambando
Past participle
Masculine	sambado			sambados
Feminine	sambada			sambadas
Indicative
Present	sambo	sambas	samba	sambamos	sambais	sambam
Imperfect	sambava	sambavas	sambava	sambávamos	sambáveis	sambavam
Preterite	sambei	sambaste	sambou	sambamos1, sambámos2	sambastes	sambaram
Pluperfect	sambara	sambaras	sambara	sambáramos	sambáreis	sambaram
Future	sambarei	sambarás	sambará	sambaremos	sambareis	sambarão
Conditional
	sambaria	sambarias	sambaria	sambaríamos	sambaríeis	sambariam
Subjunctive
Present	sambe	sambes	sambe	sambemos	sambeis	sambem
Imperfect	sambasse	sambasses	sambasse	sambássemos	sambásseis	sambassem
Future	sambar	sambares	sambar	sambarmos	sambardes	sambarem
Imperative
Affirmative		samba	sambe	sambemos	sambai	sambem
Negative (não)		não sambes	não sambe	não sambemos	não sambeis	não sambem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Further reading

• “sambar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.