سنبوسه

Persian

سنبوسه

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säm.boː.sä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säm.boː.sä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säm.bʊː.sä]

Readings
Classical reading? sanbōsa
Dari reading? sanbōsa
Iranian reading? sanbuse
Tajik reading? sanbüsa

Noun

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

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

Descendants

  • Tajik: самбӯса (sambüsa)
  • Arabic: سَنْبُوسَة (sanbūsa)
  • Gujarati: સમોસું (samosũ)
  • Hindustani:
  • Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa
  • Somali: sambuus
  • Swahili: sambusa
  • Uyghur: سامسا (samsa)

References

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