Etymology

samsa

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Today it means: A Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables. Full definition →

Turkic ← Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه ← Middle Persian *sambōsag
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  1. Middle Persian · derived from*sambōsag
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromسَنْبوسَه
  3. Turkic · borrowed from
  4. English todaysamsa

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

Words from the same roots

Classical Persianسَنْبوسَه all →

sambusehsambuusa

Middle Persian*sambōsag all →

samosasambusaksambusehsambuusa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.