tsamba

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/ˈ(t)sɑmbə/

noun

A form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.

OriginTibetan རྩམ་པ →
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Meanings

nountsamba (uncountable)

alternative tsampa

  1. uncountableA form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.

    They bear to the contemplative Lamas their modest offerings of butter, tea and tsamba, and receive in exchange benedictions and prayers for good pasturage and prosperous flocks.

    1928, Evariste Régis Huc, Joseph Gabet, Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844–1846, Psychology Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 115

Origin

  1. Tibetanརྩམ་པ
  2. Tibetanརྩམ་པ
  3. Englishtsamba

Borrowed from Tibetan རྩམ་པ (rtsam pa).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 糌粑
  • 糌粑porridge
German Tsampa
  • Tsampaporridge
Japanese ツァンパ
  • ツァンパ (tsanpa)porridge
Polish tsampa
  • tsampaporridge
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