Tamarindus indica
A bowl of Penang asam laksa, a noodle dish of Peranakan origin flavoured with asam or tamarind
Etymology
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From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).
Pronunciation
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tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)
- (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
- (cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 253:He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms.
- Other similar species:
- Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
- Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
- A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
- A dark brown colour, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).
tamarind:
Derived terms
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Translations
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tropical tree
- Albanian: brukë (sq) f
- Arabic: تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy)
- Assamese: তেঁতেলী গছ (tẽteli gos)
- Bengali: তেঁতুল (bn) (tẽtul), তিন্তিড়ী (bn) (tintiṛi), বৃক্ষাম্ল (brikkhamlo)
- Burmese: မန်ကျည်း (my) (mankyany:)
- Catalan: tamerinde m
- Cebuano: sambag
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 羅望子／罗望子 (zh) (luówàngzǐ)
- Dutch: tamarinde (nl)
- Esperanto: tamarindarbo, tamarindujo
- Finnish: tamarindi (fi)
- French: tamarinier (fr) m
- Fula: jaɓɓehi
- German: Tamarinde (de) f
- Gujarati: આમલી f (āmalī)
- Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa
- Hiligaynon: sambag
- Hindi: इमली (hi) (imlī)
- Hungarian: tamarindusz (hu)
- Ilocano: salomagi
- Indonesian: asam jawa (id)
- Irish: tamarain f, tor tamaraine
- Italian: tamarindo (it) m
- Jamaican Creole: tambrin
- Japanese: タマリンド (tamarindo)
- Kabuverdianu: tanbarina
- Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (kn) (huṇase)
- Kapampangan: sampaluk
- Khmer: ដើមអម្ពិល (daeumʼâmpĭl)
- Kinaray-a: samalagi
- Lao: ຂາມ (khām)
- Malay: asam jawa (ms)
- Malayalam: പുളി (ml) (puḷi), വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi)
- Maléku Jaíka: tonh
- Maranao: sambag
- Marathi: चिंच (ciñca)
- Ngazidja Comorian: mhadju class 3/4
- Pangasinan: salomage
- Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi), خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi), خنجه (xanja), جنجه (janja)
- Portuguese: tamarindeiro m, tamarindeira f, tamarindo (pt) m, tamarineiro m, tamarinheiro m
- Romanian: tamarin (ro) m
- Russian: тамари́нд (ru) m (tamarínd)
- Sanskrit: तिन्त्रिणी (tintriṇī)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: индијска хурма f
- Roman: indijska hurma f
- Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyaᵐbalā)
- Spanish: tamarindo (es) m
- Swahili: mkwaju (sw)
- Swedish: tamarind c
- Tagalog: sampalok (tl), punong sampalok
- Tamil: புளி (ta) (puḷi)
- Telugu: చింతచెట్టు (te) (cintaceṭṭu)
- Thai: มะขาม (th) (má-kǎam)
- Turkish: demirhindi, Hint hurması (tr)
- Vietnamese: cây me
- Volapük: tamarin (vo)
- Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד m (tamarind)
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fruit
- Assamese: তেঁতেলী (tẽteli)
- Bengali: তেঁতুল (bn) (tẽtul), তিন্তিড়ী (bn) (tintiṛi)
- Burmese: မန်ကျည်းသီး (my) (mankyany:si:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 酸荳／酸豆 (zh) (suāndòu)
- Esperanto: tamarindo (eo)
- Finnish: tamarindi (fi)
- French: tamarin (fr) m
- German: Tamarinde (de) f
- Greek: οξυφοίνικα (oxyfoínika)
- Gujarati: આમલી f (āmalī)
- Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa
- Hindi: इमली (hi) (imlī)
- Hungarian: tamarind (hu)
- Indonesian: asam jawa (id)
- Irish: tamarain f
- Isan: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: tamarindo (it) m
- Jamaican Creole: tambrin
- Japanese: タマリンド (tamarindo)
- Javanese: asem jawa
- Kabuverdianu: tanbarina
- Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (kn) (huṇase)
- Khmer: អម្ពិល (km) (ʼɑmpɨl), អំពិល (km) (ʼɑmpɨl)
- Lao: ໝາກຂາມ (lo) (māk khām)
- Latvian: tamarinds m
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Malagasy: kily (mg)
- Malay: asam jawa (ms)
- Malayalam: പുളി (ml) (puḷi), വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi)
- Maranao: sambag, banto'on
- Marathi: चिंच (ciñca)
- Middle English: thamarynde
- Odia: ତେନ୍ତୁଳି (tentuḷi)
- Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi), خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi), خنجه (xanja), جنجه (janja)
- Portuguese: tamarindo (pt) m, tamarinho m
- Punjabi: ਇਮਲੀ (pa) (imalī)
- Russian: тамари́нд (ru) m (tamarínd)
- Sanskrit: अम्लिका (sa) f (amlikā)
- Santali: ᱡᱚᱡᱚ ᱡᱚ (jôjô jô)
- Shan: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyaᵐbalā)
- Spanish: tamarindo (es) m
- Swahili: ukwaju
- Swedish: tamarind c
- Sylheti: ꠔꠦꠔꠂ (tetoi)
- Tagalog: sampalok (tl)
- Tamil: புளி (ta) (puḷi)
- Tausug: asam
- Telugu: చింతపండు (te) (cintapaṇḍu)
- Thai: มะขาม (th) (má-kǎam)
- Tulu: ಪುಳಿಂಕಟೆ (puḷiṅkaṭe)
- Turkish: demirhindi, Hint hurması (tr)
- Vietnamese: me (vi), trái me
- Volapük: tamarinafluk (vo)
- White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
- Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד m (tamarind)
- Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
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Further reading
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tamarind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tamarindus indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Tamarindus indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
