Associations to the word «Sambar»

Wiktionary

SAMBAR, noun. A southeast Asian deer, Cervus unicolor.
SAMBAR, noun. A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of lentils (usually red gram, also called toor dal) and vegetables in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup base.

Dictionary definition

SAMBAR, noun. A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats