Etymology

sambuusa

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Today it means: A Somali snack similar to a samosa. Full definition →

Somali sambuus ← Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه ← Middle Persian *sambōsag
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The story

  1. Middle Persian · derived from*sambōsag
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromسَنْبوسَه
  3. Somali · borrowed fromsambuus
  4. English todaysambuusa

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

Words from the same roots

Classical Persianسَنْبوسَه all →

samsasambuseh

Middle Persian*sambōsag all →

samosasamsasambusaksambuseh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.