Meaning of shambar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soup originating in Peru, made of wheat grains, fava beans, green peas, chickpeas and dry beans.
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2. A ceremonial veil worn in Palestine.

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Examples

“For the noon meal they serve the traditional shambar, a corn soup with pieces of potatoes, beans, and pigskin, spiced with a large number of condiments.”

“In Bethlehem, until the end of the nineteenth century, the embroidered shambar was worn on festive occasions, replacing the everyday terbia. […] The shambars of most other areas were not embroidered.”

“Bethlehem women preferred to wear a simpler shambar, without a naqleh, and ornamented only with a dikkeh which had the added refinement that the ends of its fringe were delicately knotted.”

“Women of the region wore a shambar or veil made of black crepe material either dyed red or, more frequently, heavily embroidered in red.”

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