samosa

See also: Samôa

English

Samosas and dip

Alternative forms

• samsa, somsa, somosa, somucha, sambosak, sambusa, samoosa, singada, samuza, sambosa, somasi, somaas

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani سموسہ / समोसा (samosā), from Persian سنبوسه (sambose). Doublet of sambousek, sambuseh, and sambuusa.

Noun

samosa (plural samosas)

1. A snack, of Indian origin, consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.

Translations

Indian snack

• Afrikaans: samoesa
• Arabic: سَنْبُوسَة f (sanbūsa), سَمْبُوسَة f (sambūsa)

  Hijazi Arabic: سمبوسة f (sambūsa)

• Assamese: চিঙৰা (siṅora), চিংৰা (siṅra)
• Bengali: সমুচা (śomuca)
• Bhojpuri: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā)
• Burmese: စမူဆာ (my) (ca.muhca)
• Catalan: samossa f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咖喱角 (gaa³ lei¹ gok³)

  Mandarin: 咖喱角 (gālíjiǎo)

• Esperanto: samoso
• French: samoussa (fr) m
• Georgian: სამოსა (samosa)
• Gujarati: સમોસા (samosā)
• Hindi: समोसा (hi) m (samosā)
• Hungarian: szamósza
• Indonesian: samosa
• Japanese: サモサ (samosa)
• Kazakh: самса (samsa)
• Korean: 사모사 (samosa)
• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Magahi: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā)
• Malagasy: sambosa
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• Malayalam: സമോസ (samōsa)
• Marathi: समोसा m (samosā)
• Mauritian Creole: samousa
• Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa
• Oriya: ସିଙ୍ଗଡ଼ା (siṅgaṛā)
• Persian: سنبوسه (fa) (sambose)
• Punjabi: ਸਮੋਸਾ (pa) m (samosā) (standard), ਸੰਬੂਸਾ m (sambūsā)
• Portuguese: chamuça (pt) f
• Russian: самса́ (ru) f (samsá)
• Réunion Creole French: samousa
• Sanskrit: समोष m (samoṣa)
• Sindhi: سمبوسو m (samboso)
• Somali: sambuus, sabuuse
• Spanish: samosa f
• Swahili: sambusa
• Tajik: самбӯса (sambüsa)
• Tamil: சமோசா (camōcā)
• Telugu: సమోస (samōsa)
• Urdu: سموسہ m (samosā)
• Uyghur: سامسا (ug) (samsa)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993

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Indonesian

samosa

Etymology

From English samosa, from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from Persian سنبوسه (sambose).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈmosa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧sa

Noun

samosa (first-person possessive samosaku, second-person possessive samosamu, third-person possessive samosanya)

1. (cooking) samosa: a snack, of Indian origin, consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat.

Further reading

• “samosa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

samosa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモサ

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Spanish

Noun

samosa f (plural samosas)

1. samosa