Tamar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪmə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɑːmɑ(ɹ)/

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.

• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪmɑː(ɹ)/

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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.

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