shambar
shambar noun: a soup originating in Peru, made of wheat grains, fava beans, green peas, chickpeas and dry beans.
Noun (1)
shambar (uncountable)
- A soup originating in Peru, made of wheat grains, fava beans, green peas, chickpeas and dry beans.
- For the noon meal they serve the traditional shambar, a corn soup with pieces of potatoes, beans, and pigskin, spiced with a large number of condiments.1975, Robert Jerome Smith, The Art of the Festival, as Exemplified by the Fiesta to the Patroness of Otuzco, La Virgen de la Puerta, page 110
Noun (2)
shambar (plural shambars)
- A ceremonial veil worn in Palestine.
- In Bethlehem, until the end of the nineteenth century, the embroidered shambar was worn on festive occasions, replacing the everyday terbia. […] The shambars of most other areas were not embroidered.1979, Yedida Kalfon Stillman, Palestinian Costume and Jewelry, page 66
- Bethlehem women preferred to wear a simpler shambar, without a naqleh, and ornamented only with a dikkeh which had the added refinement that the ends of its fringe were delicately knotted.1994, Shelagh Weir, Palestinian Costume, page 166
Forms of shambar
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Questions about shambar
- What does shambar mean?
- Shambar means a soup originating in Peru, made of wheat grains, fava beans, green peas, chickpeas and dry beans.
- What part of speech is shambar?
- Shambar is a noun.
- What is the plural of shambar?
- The plural of shambar is shambars.
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