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The name derives from {{lang-ar|تمر هندي}}, [[Romanization of Arabic|romanized]] ''tamar hindi'', "Indian [[Date palm#Dates|date]]".<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry=tamarind |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology |editor1=T. F. Hoad |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/acref/9780192830982.001.0001 |isbn=9780191727153}}</ref> Several early medieval herbalists and physicians wrote ''tamar indi'', medieval Latin use was ''tamarindus'', and [[Marco Polo]] wrote of ''tamarandi''.

In Colombia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Italy, Spain, and throughout the [[Lusophone|Lusosphere]], it is called ''tamarindo''. In those countries it is often used to make the beverage [[tamarindo (drink)|beverage of the same name]] (or ''agua de tamarindo''). In the Caribbean, tamarind is sometimes called ''tamón''.{{cn|date=June 2023}}

Countries in [[Southeast Asia]] like [[Indonesia]] call it ''asam jawa'' ([[Java island|Javanese]] sour fruit) or simply ''asam'',<ref name="Heyne">{{cite book |last1=Heyne |first1=Karel |url= |title=[[The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies|De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch-Indië, tevens synthetische catalogus der verzamelingen van het Museum voor Technischeen Handelsbotanie te Buitenzorg]] |date=1913 |publisher=Museum vor Economische Botanie & Ruygrok |location=[[Bogor|Butienzorg]] |pages=232–5 |language=nl |entry=Tamarindua indica L. |author-link=Karel Heyne |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/denuttigeplanten02heyn/page/232/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref> and ''sukaer'' in [[Timoric languages|Timor]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |title=Asam Tree |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/heritage-trees/ht-2001-28 |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=nparks.gov.sg |publisher=National Parks of Singapore}}</ref> While in the [[Philippines]], it is called ''sampalok'' or ''sampaloc'' in [[Filipino language|Filipino]], and ''sambag'' in [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]].<ref name="Polistico">{{cite book |last1=Polistico |first1=Edgie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STSWDwAAQBAJ |title=Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary |date=2017 |publisher=Anvil Publishing, Inc. |isbn=9786214200870}}</ref> Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is sometimes confused with "Manila tamarind" (''[[Pithecellobium dulce]]''). While in the same taxonomic family [[Fabaceae]], [[Manila tamarind]] is a different plant native to Mexico and known locally as ''[[Pithecellobium|guamúchili]]''.