سنبوسه

Persian

سنبوسه

Alternative forms

سمبوسه‎ (classical sambôsa, iranian sambuse)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sambōsag, which passed into Arabic as سَنْبُوسَق‎ (sanbūsaq), سَنْبُوسَج‎ (sanbūsaj), سَنْبُوسَك‎ (sanbūsak).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /samboːsa/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /samboːsa/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sæmbuːse/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /sambɵːsa/

Noun

سنبوسه • (sanbuse) (plural سنبوسه‌ها‎ (sanbuse-hâ))

a kind of samosa (an Iranian food with a “triangular” shape)
headscarf (a square mantle which women wear doubled into a triangular form)
(archaic) pyramid
Synonym: هرم‎ (heram)
(by extension) anything triangular

Descendants

Tajik: самбӯса (sambüsa)
→ Arabic: سَنْبُوسَة‎ (sanbūsa)
→ Hindustani:
- → Hindi: समोसा (samosā) (see there for further descendants)
- → Urdu: سموسہ‎ (samosā)
→ Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa
→ Somali: sambuus
→ Swahili: sambusa
- → Malagasy: sambosa
→ Uyghur: سامسا‎ (samsa)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سنبوسه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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