What does "ambar" mean?

Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.

What is a synonym for "ambar"?

Common synonyms include: ambel, ambergris, ambergris, brownish yellow, brownish-yellow, color.

Ambar

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Definitions

Noun

1
Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans. rare
"Generally the small granary (which the colonists referred to by its russian name, ambar), [existed. ... The oven's] auxiliary structure was as common to a home site as the principal abode, the barn, and the ambar."

Proper Noun

1
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

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ambel ambergris ambergris brownish yellow brownish-yellow color

Example

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"Who wants to drive me to Ambar?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Some uses are directly from Persian انبار (anbâr), others are via Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р (ambár), Volga German Ambar, etc. Doublet of sambar.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बर (ambara).

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