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tsamba

/ˈ(t)sɑmbə/

tsamba noun: a form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.

tsamba: a form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet
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Noun

tsamba (uncountable)

  1. A form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.
    • They bear to the contemplative Lamas their modest offerings of butter, tea and tsamba, and receive in exchange benedictions and prayers for good pasturage and prosperous flocks.1928, Evariste Régis Huc, Joseph Gabet, Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844–1846, Psychology Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 115

Forms of tsamba

alternative formtsampa

Origin of tsamba

Borrowed from Tibetan རྩམ་པ (rtsam pa).

Questions about tsamba

What does tsamba mean?
Tsamba means a form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.
What part of speech is tsamba?
Tsamba is a noun.
How do you pronounce tsamba?
Tsamba is pronounced /ˈ(t)sɑmbə/.

Words near tsamba in the dictionary

  1. Tsallis entropies
  2. Tsallis entropy
  3. tsama
  4. Tsamang
  5. tsamas
  6. tsamba
  7. tsambouna
  8. tsambounas
  9. Tsamkani
  10. Tsamkong
  11. tsamma

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