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tamarind

Meaningtamarind

Common meaning: a tangy tropical fruit

Journey through time

  1. Spanishtamarindo‘tamarind’source
  2. Arabictamr hindī‘Indian date’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsIndian date → a tangy tropical fruittamarind‘a tangy tropical fruit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Spanish tamarindo ‘tamarind’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TAMARIND, p. 623 · dictionary scan

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