New American Oxford Dictionary
sambar
sam bar 1 |ˈsämbər, ˈsam- ˈsɑmbər | ▶noun a dark brown woodland deer with branched antlers, of southern Asia. [Cervus unicolor, family Cervidae. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Hindi sābar, from Sanskrit śambara.
sambar
sam bar 2 |ˈsämbər ˈsam- ˈsɑmbər |(also sambhar ) ▶noun a spicy southern Indian dish consisting of lentils and vegetables. ORIGIN from Tamil cāmpār, via Marathi from Sanskrit sambhāra ‘collection, materials. ’
Oxford Dictionary
sambar
sambar 1 |ˈsambɑː | ▶noun a dark brown woodland deer with branched antlers, of southern Asia. ●Cervus unicolor, family Cervidae. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Hindi sābar, from Sanskrit śambara.
sambar
sambar 2 |ˈsambɑː |(also sambhar ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a spicy south Indian dish consisting of lentils and vegetables. ORIGIN from Tamil cāmpār, via Marathi from Sanskrit sambhāra ‘collection, materials ’.
Duden Dictionary
Sambar
Sam bar Substantiv, maskulin , der |S a mbar |der Sambar; Genitiv: des Sambars, Plural: die Sambars sanskritisch-Hindi (in Süd - und Südostasien lebender ) langer, hochbeiniger, meist schwärzlicher Hirsch