# sambar
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* sambhar, sambhur, sambur
* sambre (obsolete)

#### Noun

sambar (plural sambars)
* (zoology) A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).

##### Synonyms

* (Rusa unicolor): Cervus unicolor (dated)

##### Translations
### 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.

#### Noun

sambar (uncountable)
* (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.
** 2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN‎:A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Abrams, Bamars, abrams, ambars

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Hindi सांभर (sāmbhar)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑmbɑr/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbɑ̝r]
* Rhymes: -ɑmbɑr
* Hyphenation: sam‧bar

### Noun

sambar
* sambar, Rusa unicolor (species of deer)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sambar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambarini
sambarini
accusative
nom.
sambarini
sambarini
gen.
sambarini
genitive
sambarini
sambarieni sambareideni sambareitteni
partitive
sambariani
sambareitani sambarejani
inessive
sambarissani
sambareissani
elative
sambaristani
sambareistani
illative
sambariini
sambareihini
adessive
sambarillani
sambareillani
ablative
sambariltani
sambareiltani
allative
sambarilleni
sambareilleni
essive
sambarinani
sambareinani
translative
sambarikseni
sambareikseni
abessive
sambarittani
sambareittani
instructive
comitative
—sambareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambarisi
sambarisi
accusative
nom.
sambarisi
sambarisi
gen.
sambarisi
genitive
sambarisi
sambariesi sambareidesi sambareittesi
partitive
sambariasi
sambareitasi sambarejasi
inessive
sambarissasi
sambareissasi
elative
sambaristasi
sambareistasi
illative
sambariisi
sambareihisi
adessive
sambarillasi
sambareillasi
ablative
sambariltasi
sambareiltasi
allative
sambarillesi
sambareillesi
essive
sambarinasi
sambareinasi
translative
sambariksesi
sambareiksesi
abessive
sambarittasi
sambareittasi
instructive
comitative
—sambareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambarimme
sambarimme
accusative
nom.
sambarimme
sambarimme
gen.
sambarimme
genitive
sambarimme
sambariemme sambareidemme sambareittemme
partitive
sambariamme
sambareitamme sambarejamme
inessive
sambarissamme
sambareissamme
elative
sambaristamme
sambareistamme
illative
sambariimme
sambareihimme
adessive
sambarillamme
sambareillamme
ablative
sambariltamme
sambareiltamme
allative
sambarillemme
sambareillemme
essive
sambarinamme
sambareinamme
translative
sambariksemme
sambareiksemme
abessive
sambarittamme
sambareittamme
instructive
comitative
—sambareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambarinne
sambarinne
accusative
nom.
sambarinne
sambarinne
gen.
sambarinne
genitive
sambarinne
sambarienne sambareidenne sambareittenne
partitive
sambarianne
sambareitanne sambarejanne
inessive
sambarissanne
sambareissanne
elative
sambaristanne
sambareistanne
illative
sambariinne
sambareihinne
adessive
sambarillanne
sambareillanne
ablative
sambariltanne
sambareiltanne
allative
sambarillenne
sambareillenne
essive
sambarinanne
sambareinanne
translative
sambariksenne
sambareiksenne
abessive
sambarittanne
sambareittanne
instructive
comitative
—sambareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambarinsa
sambarinsa
accusative
nom.
sambarinsa
sambarinsa
gen.
sambarinsa
genitive
sambarinsa
sambariensa sambareidensa sambareittensa
partitive
sambariaan sambariansa
sambareitaan sambarejaan sambareitansa sambarejansa
inessive
sambarissaan sambarissansa
sambareissaan sambareissansa
elative
sambaristaan sambaristansa
sambareistaan sambareistansa
illative
sambariinsa
sambareihinsa
adessive
sambarillaan sambarillansa
sambareillaan sambareillansa
ablative
sambariltaan sambariltansa
sambareiltaan sambareiltansa
allative
sambarilleen sambarillensa
sambareilleen sambareillensa
essive
sambarinaan sambarinansa
sambareinaan sambareinansa
translative
sambarikseen sambariksensa
sambareikseen sambareiksensa
abessive
sambarittaan sambarittansa
sambareittaan sambareittansa
instructive
comitative
—sambareineen sambareinensa :

#### Derived terms

* sambarhirvi

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From samba +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/ [sɐ̃ˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/ [sɐ̃ˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/ [sɐ̃ˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈbaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈbaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɐ̃ˈba.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: sam‧bar

### Verb

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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “sambar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025