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== Etymology == The English word ''samosa'' derives from the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] word {{transliteration|hi|samosa}} ({{Langx|ur|{{nq|سموسہ}}}}, {{langx|hi|समोसा}}),<ref name="thefreedictionary.com">{{Cite web|title=Samosa|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/samosa|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=4 January 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040104210928/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/samosa|url-status=live}}</ref> traceable to the [[Middle Persian language|Middle Persian]] word {{transliteration|pal|sanbosag}} ({{lang|fa|{{nastaliq|سنبوسگ}}}})<ref name="hin">[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/lovely-triangles/story-aIL2GLawECV084GXmGqshI.html Lovely triangles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108021557/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=587bdb22-9913-4871-a1ed-705840d9a281|date=8 January 2009}} ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', 23 August 2008.</ref> 'triangular pastry'.<ref>Nişanyan - Türkçe Etimolojik Sözlük: [https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=samsa&lnk=1 Samsa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307082807/https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=samsa&lnk=1 |date=7 March 2023 }}. accessed: 26 April 2021.</ref> Similar pastries are called {{transliteration|ar|sambusak}} in [[Arabic]] from [[Persian language|Persian]]; medieval Arabic recipe books sometimes spell it {{transliteration|ar|sambusaj}}, which are all borrowed from Persian ''sanbosag''.<ref>Rodinson, Maxime, Arthur Arberry, and Charles Perry. ''Medieval Arab cookery''. Prospect Books (UK), 2001. p. 72.</ref>
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