Samsa

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.

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sansha

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"One morning, Gregor Samsa woke from a rough night's sleep and found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous bug."

Etymology

From Central Asian Turkic, from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of samosa and sambuseh.

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