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samosa

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /səˈmoʊsə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊsə
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 M OW1 S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: somucha, singada

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turnover

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani سموسہ (samosa) / समोसा (samosā), from Classical Persian سنبوسه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of sambusa, sambusak, sambuseh, sambuusa, and samsa.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: samoesa — South Asian snack
  • Arabic: سَنْبُوسَة (sanbūsa) — South Asian snack
  • Arabic: سَمْبُوسَة (sambūsa) — South Asian snack
  • Arabic: سمبوسة (sambūsa) — South Asian snack
  • Assamese: চিঙৰা (siṅora) — South Asian snack
  • Assamese: চিংৰা (siṅra) — South Asian snack
  • Bengali: সমুচা (śomuca) — South Asian snack
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā) — South Asian snack
  • Burmese: စမူဆာ (ca.muhca) — South Asian snack
  • Catalan: samossa — South Asian snack
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咖喱角 (gaa3 lei1 gok3) — South Asian snack
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖喱角 (gālíjiǎo) — South Asian snack
  • Ngazidja Comorian: samɓusa — South Asian snack
  • Dutch: samosa — South Asian snack
  • Esperanto: samoso — South Asian snack
  • French: samoussa — South Asian snack
  • Georgian: სამოსა (samosa) — South Asian snack
  • German: Samosa — South Asian snack
  • Gujarati: સમોસા (samosā) — South Asian snack
  • Hindi: समोसा (samosā) — South Asian snack
  • Hungarian: szamósza — South Asian snack
  • Indonesian: samosa — South Asian snack
  • Japanese: サモサ (samosa) — South Asian snack
  • Kazakh: самса (samsa) — South Asian snack
  • Korean: 사모사 (samosa) — South Asian snack
  • Magahi: 𑂮𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂐𑂰𑂚𑂰 (siṅghāṛā) — South Asian snack
  • Malagasy: sambosa — South Asian snack
  • Malayalam: സമോസ (samōsa) — South Asian snack
  • Marathi: समोसा (samosā) — South Asian snack
  • Mauritian Creole: samousa — South Asian snack
  • Odia: ସିଙ୍ଗଡ଼ା (siṅgaṛā) — South Asian snack
  • Persian: سنبوسه (sanbose) — South Asian snack
  • Polish: samosa — South Asian snack
  • Portuguese: chamuça — South Asian snack
  • Punjabi: ਸਮੋਸਾ (samosā) — South Asian snack
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਬੂਸਾ (sambūsā) — South Asian snack
  • Réunion Creole French: samousa — South Asian snack
  • Russian: самса́ (samsá) — South Asian snack
  • Sanskrit: समोष (samoṣa) — South Asian snack
  • Sindhi: سمبوسو (samboso) — South Asian snack
  • Somali: sambuus — South Asian snack
  • Somali: sabuuse — South Asian snack
  • Spanish: samosa — South Asian snack
  • Swahili: sambusa — South Asian snack
  • Tajik: самбӯса (sambüsa) — South Asian snack
  • Tamil: சமோசா (camōcā) — South Asian snack
  • Telugu: సమోస (samōsa) — South Asian snack
  • Turkish: samsu — South Asian snack
  • Turkish: samsa — South Asian snack
  • Urdu: سموسہ (samosā) — South Asian snack
  • Uyghur: سامسا (samsa) — South Asian snack