sambar

English

Etymology 1

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

A buck sambar deer (1).

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Noun

sambar (plural sambars)

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From samba +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/ [sɐ̃ˈba(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈba(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/ [sɐ̃ˈba(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈba(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈbaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ̃ˈba.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: sam‧bar

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

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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