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samosa

/səˈməʊsə/noun

उच्चारण समोस

समोसा

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a fried triangular pastry filled with spicy vegetables or meat

    समोसा

    • tea and samosas
    • The shop sells hot samosas with green chutney.
    • He ate two samosas while waiting for the bus.
    + 1 more example
    • Radhika brought a plate of samosas for the guests.

    Synonyms snack pastry

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

snack pastry

§Grammar and usage

Plural samosas.

Plural samosas।

⌂Word origin and word building

Word origin: samosa comes from the Persian sambosag; it came to India with traders from Central Asia.

शब्द-उत्पत्ति में samosa फ़ारसी sambosag से आया है; यह मध्य एशिया के व्यापारियों के साथ भारत आया।