"Tamar" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈteɪmə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɑːmɑ(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Hebrew ⁧תָּמָר⁩ (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|תָּמָר||Tamar|lit=date palm, date|tr=tamár}} Hebrew ⁧תָּמָר⁩ (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tamar
  1. A daughter-in-law of Judah. Translations (daughter-in-law of Judah): 她瑪 (Chinese Cantonese), 她玛 (Chinese Cantonese), 她瑪 (Chinese Mandarin), 她玛 (Chinese Mandarin), Tamar (French)
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-Ldt1EZ5F Disambiguation of 'daughter-in-law of Judah': 73 10 12 5
  2. A daughter of David.
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-Ueh-6ftS
  3. A daughter of Absalom. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-msCJLCuH Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 18 3 43 15 5 3 14 Disambiguation of Individuals: 9 6 31 11 4 3 36
  4. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-7Qkxf7PI Disambiguation of Individuals: 9 6 31 11 4 3 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Tamara, Thamar
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈteɪmɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: Tamar, Hong Kong pronunciation.mp3 [Canada]
Etymology: From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Tamarus}} Latin Tamarus, {{der|en|cel-pro|*tamaros||river, waters|lit=dark}} Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tm̥Hrós}} Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, {{m|ine-pro|*temH-||dark}} *temH- (“dark”), {{m|en|Thames}} Thames Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tamar
  1. A river in Devon and Cornwall, England, which forms the border between the two counties. Categories (place): Places in Cornwall, England, Places in Devon, England, Places in England, Rivers in Cornwall, England, Rivers in Devon, England, Rivers in England
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-xWx4HWRT
  2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Tasmania, Rivers in Australia, Rivers in Tasmania
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-LzJlB1Ia
  3. Administrative centre of Hong Kong. Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Tamar-en-name-QXRKkHyB Disambiguation of Individuals: 9 6 31 11 4 3 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tamar"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.