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samsa

samsa noun: a Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.

Noun

samsa

  1. A Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.

Forms of samsa

alternative formsomsa

Origin of samsa

From Central Asian Turkic, from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of samosa and sambuseh.

Questions about samsa

What does samsa mean?
Samsa means a Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.
What part of speech is samsa?
Samsa is a noun.

Words near samsa in the dictionary

  1. Samrang
  2. Samras
  3. Samrat
  4. Samriddhi
  5. sams
  6. samsa
  7. Samsam
  8. samsara
  9. samsaras
  10. samsaric
  11. Samsat

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