سنبوسه
Persian
سنبوسه
Alternative forms
- سمبوسه (sambuse)
Etymology
From Middle Persian *sambōsag, which passed into Arabic as سَنْبُوسَق (sanbūsaq), سَنْبُوسَج (sanbūsaj), سَنْبُوسَك (sanbūsak).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [san.boː.sa]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säm.boː.sä]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säm.boː.sä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säm.bʊː.sä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæm.buː.se]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säm.bɵ.sä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sanbōsa |
| Dari reading? | sanbōsa |
| Iranian reading? | sanbuse |
| Tajik reading? | sanbüsa |
Noun
سنبوسه • (sanbuse) (plural سنبوسهها (sanbuse-hâ))
- a kind of samosa (an Iranian food with a “triangular” shape)
- headscarf (a square mantle which women wear doubled into a triangular form)
- (archaic) pyramid
- Synonym: هرم (heram)
- (by extension) anything triangular
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سنبوسه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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