Tamar

See also: tamar

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪmə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɑːmɑ(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Tamar

2. (biblical) A daughter-in-law of Judah.
4. (biblical) A daughter of David.
6. (biblical) A daughter of Absalom.
7. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 38:11:

  Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 13:22:

  And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Related terms

• Tamara
• Thamar

Translations

daughter-in-law of Judah

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 她瑪／她玛

  Mandarin: 她瑪／她玛

• French: Tamar (fr)

Etymology 2

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪmɑː(ɹ)/

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Proper noun

Tamar

1. A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties.
2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.
3. Administrative centre of Hong Kong.

Anagrams

• MARTA, Marta, Matar, Tamra, matra, trama