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samanu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
samanu
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet, rich, brown Western and Central Asian pudding made of germinated wheat berries ground on a hand mill and boiled to the consistency of moist halva; a component of Haft Seen.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمنو (samanu).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

samanoo (alternative)

Questions

What does samanu mean?
A sweet, rich, brown Western and Central Asian pudding made of germinated wheat berries ground on a hand mill and boiled to the consistency of moist halva; a component of Haft Seen.
Where does samanu come from?
It is traced to Persian.

How to pronounce samanu

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