सांबर

Hindi

Alternative forms

साँभर (sāmbhar)

Etymology

Borrowed 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 संभार (sambhār, “collection, assemblage”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑːm.bəɾ/, [s̪ä̃ːm.bəɾ]

Noun

सांबर • (sāmbar) m (Urdu spelling سامبر‎)

sambar (a spiced South Indian lentil and vegetable curry)

Declension

Declension of सांबर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सांबर sāmbar	सांबर sāmbar
oblique	सांबर sāmbar	सांबरों sāmbarõ
vocative	सांबर sāmbar	सांबरो sāmbaro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सांबर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “साँभर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press