I. (ˈ)säm|bäl noun
( -s )
Etymology: Malay
: a condiment made typically of peppers, pickles, grated coconut, salt fish, or fish roe and eaten especially with curry and rice in and around Indonesia and Malaya
II. noun
also sam·ba·li sämˈbälē ; or zam·bal (ˈ)säm|bäl
( plural sambal or sambals also sambali or sambalis or zambal or zambals )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Tagalog Sambál, Sambali
1.
a. : a people of Zambales province, western Luzon, Philippines
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Austronesian language of the Sambal people