Etymology

sambuseh

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Today it means: An Iranian pastry with a triangular shape, similar to the South Asian samosa. Full definition →

Iranian Persian سَمْبوسِه ← Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه ← Middle Persian *sambōsag
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The story

  1. Middle Persian · derived from*sambōsag
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromسَنْبوسَه
  3. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromسَمْبوسِه
  4. English todaysambuseh

Borrowed from Iranian Persian سَمْبوسِه (sambuse), from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of sambusa, sambusak, sambuusa, samosa, and samsa.

Words from the same roots

Classical Persianسَنْبوسَه all →

samsasambuusa

Middle Persian*sambōsag all →

samosasamsasambusaksambuusa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.