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sambal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
sam-bal
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A member of a Filipino ethnolinguistic group living primarily in the province of Zambales and the Pangasinense municipalities of Bolinao and Anda.

Etymology

Borrowed, either directly or via Afrikaans sambal, from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sambal, ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀

Usage

Inflected Forms

sambals (plural) Zambal (alternative)

Questions

What does sambal mean?
A hot relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.
Where does sambal come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

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