Tamar

From Hebrew תָּמָר‎ (tamár, “Tamar”, literally “date palm, date”).

Tamar

1. A daughter-in-law of Judah.
2. A daughter of David.
3. A daughter of Absalom.
4. A female given name of biblical origin.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 38:11:

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  Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Samuel 13:22:

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  And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

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• Thamar

From Latin Tamarus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”). See more at Thames.

Tamar

1. A river in southwest England, which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall.
2. A river in the Australian state of Tasmania, named after the English river.

• MARTA, Matar, Tamra, matra, trama