samosa

See also: Samôa

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian سمبوسه (sambose).

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)
• Assamese: চিঙৰা (siṅora), চিংৰা (siṅra)
• Bengali: সমুচা (śomuca)
• Burmese: စမူဆာ (my) (ca.muhca)
• 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)
• Japanese: サモサ (samosa)
• Kazakh: самса (samsa)
• Korean: 사모사 (samosa)
• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Malagasy: sambosa
• Malayalam: സമോസ (samōsa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: समोसा m (samosā)
• Mauritian Creole: samousa
• Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa
• Oriya: ସିଙ୍ଗଡ଼ା (siṅgaṛā)
• Persian: سنبوسه (fa) (sambose)
• Portuguese: chamuça (pt) f
• Russian: самса́ (ru) f (samsá)
• Réunion Creole French: samousa
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Somali: sambuus, sabuuse
• Spanish: samosa f
• Swahili: sambusa
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• 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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Japanese

Romanization

samosa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモサ

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Spanish

Noun

samosa f (plural samosas)

1. samosa