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Where does “စမူဆာ” come from?

စမူဆာ (Burmese) comes from Hindi समोसा, from Classical Persian سنبوسه, from Middle Persian sambōsag.

စမူဆာ (Burmese): samosa

Definitions

  1. samosa

Ancestry of “စမူဆာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiसमोसाsamosa
2Classical Persianسنبوسه—
3Middle Persiansambōsag—
Every word from Middle Persian sambōsag →