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noun
A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sambur, Cervus unicolor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deer, cervid
History
Borrowed from Hindi सांभर (sāmbhar), साँभर (sāmbhar), from Sanskrit शम्बर (śambara, “a kind of deer”).
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.
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