sambuusa

English

Etymology

From Somali sambuus. Doublet of samosa.

Noun

sambuusa (plural sambuusas)

  1. A Somali snack similar to a samosa.
    • 2015 October 1, Ligaya Mishan, “Safari Brings Somali Cuisine to Harlem”, in New York Times‎:
      There are influences from across the Arabian Sea, as with sambuusas, triangles of dough sealed around cumin-laced ground beef or chicken, distant kin to Indian samosas.
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