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sambuusa

sambuusa noun: a Somali snack similar to a samosa.

Noun

sambuusa (plural sambuusas)

  1. A Somali snack similar to a samosa.
    • There are influences from across the Arabian Sea, as with sambuusas, triangles of dough sealed around cumin-laced ground beef or chicken, distant kin to Indian samosas.2015 October 1, Ligaya Mishan, “Safari Brings Somali Cuisine to Harlem”, in New York Times

Forms of sambuusa

pluralsambuusas

Origin of sambuusa

From Somali sambuus, from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of sambusa, sambusak, sambuseh, samosa, and samsa.

Questions about sambuusa

What does sambuusa mean?
Sambuusa means a Somali snack similar to a samosa.
What part of speech is sambuusa?
Sambuusa is a noun.
What is the plural of sambuusa?
The plural of sambuusa is sambuusas.

Words near sambuusa in the dictionary

  1. sambusak
  2. sambusaks
  3. sambusas
  4. sambuseh
  5. sambusehs
  6. sambuusa
  7. sambuusas
  8. Samdrup Jongkhar
  9. Samdrupjongkhar
  10. same
  11. same boat

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