samosa

See also: Samosa and samosą

English

Samosas and dip

Alternative forms

• samsa, somsa, somosa, samoosa, samuza, somasi, somaas (some specific to various regions)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani سموسہ (samosa) / समोसा (samosā), from Classical Persian سنبوسه (sanbōsa /⁠sambōsa⁠/). Doublet of sambousek, sambuseh, and sambuusa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

samosa (plural samosas)

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

   Synonyms: somucha, sambusa, singada, sambosa, sambosak

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)

• Dutch: samosa f
• 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
• Malayalam: സമോസ (samōsa)
• Marathi: समोसा m (samosā)
• Mauritian Creole: samousa
• Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa
• Odia: ସିଙ୍ଗଡ଼ା (siṅgôṛa)
• Persian: سنبوسه (fa) (sanbose)
• Polish: samosa (pl) f
• Portuguese: chamuça (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਮੋਸਾ (pa) m (samosā) (standard), ਸੰਬੂਸਾ m (sambūsā)
• Réunion Creole French: samousa
• Russian: самса́ (ru) f (samsá)
• 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)
• Turkish: samsu (dialectal), samsa (tr)
• 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

Dutch

Etymology

From Hindi समोसा (samosā), likely via some intermediary (possibly Sranan Tongo). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

samosa f (plural samosa's, diminutive samosaatje n)

1. samosa

Further reading

• samosa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Indonesian

samosa

Etymology

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

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 Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

samosa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモサ

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from Classical Persian سنبوسه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧sa

Noun

samosa f

1. samosa

Declension

Declension of samosa

	singular	plural
nominative	samosa	samosy
genitive	samosy	samos
dative	samosie	samosom
accusative	samosę	samosy
instrumental	samosą	samosami
locative	samosie	samosach
vocative	samoso	samosy

Further reading

• samosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

samosa f (plural samosas)

1. samosa