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Tamarind

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a tropical fruit with a tangy, sweet-sour pulp used in cooking
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Stage 1 of 2
tamr hindi
Arabic · medieval
"the Indian date"
literally the Indian date, describing the sweet-sour fruit pod
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Stage 2 of 2
tamarind
English · 1500s
"a tangy tropical fruit pod"
settled as the word for the tangy tropical fruit
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