tamarind
/ˈtæməɹɪnd/
tamarind noun: a tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
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Noun
tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)
- A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
- The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
- Currently, the Palestinian territories are being featured, and the menu boasts treats like maftoul (a garlicky chicken and couscous dish) and tamar Hindi (chilled tamarind juice with rose water).2015 April 30, Jordan Bissell, “10 wacky U.S. restaurants”, in CNN
- He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 253
- 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 color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).
tamarind meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tamarind in Hindi
- tropical tree
- इमली imlī
- fruit
- इमली imlī
tamarind in Tamil
- tropical tree
- புளி puḷi
- fruit
- புளி puḷi, புளியங்காய் puḷiyaṅkāy
tamarind in Marathi
- tropical tree
- चिंच ciñca
- fruit
- चिंच ciñca
tamarind in Urdu
- tamarind
- املی imlī
More languagesFewer languages
- tamarind in Bengali
- তেঁতুল tẽtul, তিন্তিড়ী tintiṛi, বৃক্ষাম্ল brikkhamlo
- tamarind in Telugu
- చింతచెట్టు cintaceṭṭu, చింతపండు cintapaṇḍu
- tamarind in Malayalam
- പുളി puḷi, വാളൻപുളി vāḷaṉpuḷi, ചിഞ്ച ciñca
- tamarind in Kannada
- ಹುಣಸೆ huṇase
- tamarind in Punjabi
- ਇਮਲੀ imalī
- tamarind in Gujarati
- આમલી āmalī
- tamarind in Odia
- ତେନ୍ତୁଳି tentuḷi
- tamarind in Sanskrit
- तिन्त्रिणी tintriṇī, अम्लिका amlikā
- tamarind in Sinhala
- සියඹලා siyaᵐbalā
- tamarind in Assamese
- তেঁতেলী গছ tẽteli gos, তেঁতেলী tẽteli
- tamarind in Tagalog
- sampalok, punong sampalok
- tamarind in Arabic
- تَمْر هِنْدِيّ tamr hindiyy
- tamarind in Malay
- asam jawa, celagi
- tamarind in Indonesian
- asam jawa
- tamarind in Persian
- تمر هندی tamr-e hendi, خرمای هندی xormây-e hendi, خنجه xanja, جنجه janja
- tamarind in Thai
- มะขาม má-kǎam
- tamarind in Vietnamese
- me, trái me
- tamarind in Myanmar
- မန်ကျည်း mankyany:, မန်ကျည်းသီး mankyany:si:
- Kashmiri
- تَمبٕر tambụr
Forms of tamarind
| plural | tamarinds |
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Origin of tamarind
From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).
Words formed from tamarind
Phrases with tamarind
Questions about tamarind
- What does tamarind mean?
- Tamarind means a tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
- What is tamarind in Hindi?
- Tamarind in Hindi is इमली (imlī). See Tamarind meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tamarind?
- Tamarind is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tamarind?
- Tamarind is pronounced /ˈtæməɹɪnd/.
- What is the plural of tamarind?
- The plural of tamarind is tamarinds.
Words near tamarind in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tamarind (page history and authors); املی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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