Etymology
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From Somali sambuus. Doublet of samosa.
sambuusa (plural sambuusas)
- 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.