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samanu

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمنو (samanu).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: İsfahan halvası — a pudding
  • Azerbaijani: səməni halvası — a pudding
  • Kazakh: сүмелек (sümelek) — a pudding
  • Kyrgyz: сүмөлөк (sümölök) — a pudding
  • Persian: سمنو (samanu) — a pudding
  • Tajik: сумалак (sumalak) — a pudding
  • Tajik: суманак (sumanak) — a pudding
  • Turkmen: semeni — a pudding
  • Uzbek: sumalak — a pudding