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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

samsa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
sam-sa
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.

Etymology

From Central Asian Turkic, from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of samosa and sambuseh.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: سَنْبوسَه, *sambōsag

Inflected Forms

somsa (alternative)

Questions

What does samsa mean?
A Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.
Where does samsa come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

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