sambal

1 of 2

noun (1)

sam·​bal

(ˈ)säm¦bäl

plural -s

: a condiment made typically of peppers, pickles, grated coconut, salt fish, or fish roe and eaten especially with curry and rice in and around Indonesia and Malaya

Sambal

2 of 2

noun (2)

Sam·​bal

"

variants or less commonly Sambali

sämˈbälē

or Zambal

(ˈ)säm¦bäl

plural Sambal or Sambals also Sambali or Sambalis or Zambal or Zambals

1

a

: a people of Zambales province, western Luzon, Philippines

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Austronesian language of the Sambal people

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Malay

Noun (2)

Tagalog Sambál, Sambali

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