sambuusa

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English

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Etymology

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From Somali sambuus. Doublet of samosa.

Noun

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sambuusa (plural sambuusas)

  1. A Somali snack similar to a samosa.
    • 2015 October 1, Ligaya Mishan, “Safari Brings Somali Cuisine to Harlem”, in New York Times[1]:
      There are influences from across the Arabian Sea, as with sambuusas, triangles of dough sealed around cumin-laced ground beef or chicken, distant kin to Indian samosas.