Where does “ambaraʼ” come from?

ambaraʼ (Makasar) comes from Arabic عَنْبَر, from Middle Persian ʾmbl — ambergris.

ambaraʼ (Makasar): ambergris; amber a hard, fragrant substance found at the bottom of the sea or from the stomach of marine fish

Definitions

  1. ambergris; amber a hard, fragrant substance found at the bottom of the sea or from the stomach of marine fish

Ancestry of “ambaraʼ”, step by step

ambaraʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic عَنْبَر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَنْبَرamber; ambergris
2Middle Persianʾmblambergris

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qambaʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qambaʀ—

Words derived from “ambaraʼ”

Every word from Middle Persian ʾmbl →Every word from Arabic عَنْبَر →