samosa

samosa

See also: Samosa and samosą

English

Samosas and dip

Alternative forms

• samsa, somsa, somosa, somucha, sambosak, sambusa, samoosa, singada, samuza, sambosa, somasi, somaas (some specific to various regions)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani سموسہ‎ / समोसा (samosā), from Persian سنبوسه‎ (sambose). Doublet of sambousek, sambuseh, and sambuusa.

Noun

samosa (plural samosas)

1. A snack, of Indian origin, consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.

Translations

Indian snack

Afrikaans: samoesa Arabic: سَنْبُوسَة‎ f (sanbūsa), سَمْبُوسَة‎ f (sambūsa) Hijazi Arabic: سمبوسة‎ f (sambūsa) Assamese: চিঙৰা (siṅora), চিংৰা (siṅra) Bengali: সমুচা (sômuca) Bhojpuri: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā) Burmese: စမူဆာ (my) (ca.muhca) Catalan: samossa f Chinese: Cantonese: 咖喱角 (gaa3 lei1 gok3) Mandarin: 咖喱角 (gālíjiǎo) Esperanto: samoso French: samoussa (fr) m Georgian: სამოსა (samosa) Gujarati: સમોસા (samosā) Hindi: समोसा (hi) m (samosā) Hungarian: szamósza Indonesian: samosa Japanese: サモサ (samosa) Kazakh: самса (samsa) Korean: 사모사 (samosa) Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can Magahi: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā) Malagasy: sambosa Malayalam: സമോസ (samōsa) Marathi: समोसा m (samosā) Mauritian Creole: samousa Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa Oriya: ସିଙ୍ଗଡ଼ା (siṅgôṛa) Persian: سنبوسه‎ (fa) (sambose) Punjabi: ਸਮੋਸਾ (pa) m (samosā) (standard), ਸੰਬੂਸਾ m (sambūsā) Polish: samosa (pl) f Portuguese: chamuça (pt) f Russian: самса́ (ru) f (samsá) Réunion Creole French: samousa Sanskrit: समोष m (samoṣa) Sindhi: سمبوسو‎ m (samboso) Somali: sambuus, sabuuse Spanish: samosa f Swahili: sambusa Tajik: самбӯса (sambüsa) Tamil: சமோசா (camōcā) Telugu: సమోస (samōsa) Urdu: سموسہ‎ m (samosā) Uyghur: سامسا‎ (ug) (samsa) Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993

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Indonesian

samosa

Etymology

From English samosa, from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from Persian سنبوسه‎ (sambose).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈmosa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧sa

Noun

samosa (first-person possessive samosaku, second-person possessive samosamu, third-person possessive samosanya)

1. (cooking) samosa: a snack, of Indian origin, consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.

Further reading

• “samosa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

samosa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモサ

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from Persian سنبوسه‎ (sambose), from Middle Persian *sambōsag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧sa

Noun

samosa f

1. samosa

Declension

Declension of samosa

	singular	plural
nominative	samosa	samosy
genitive	samosy	samos
dative	samosie	samosom
accusative	samosę	samosy
instrumental	samosą	samosami
locative	samosie	samosach
vocative	samoso	samosy

Further reading

• samosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Noun

samosa f (plural samosas)

1. samosa