At the beginning of Ramadan every year, the Hashtag #sambosa_or_sambosak rises to the top trending on social media. In addition to that, groups of food and drinks such as ‘Kersh Keepers’ or ‘Food Code’ include arguments on whether it is actually called “Sambosa” or “Sambosak”, which raised questions and inquiries about which is the correct between the two words.
According to historical documentaries, India was considered its original origin and they called it “Samosa”, as it was offered to guests from the velvet layer in India and considered one of the special items for a specific class, then it moved to Yemen during the British colonization of India and Yemen and then to the Gulf through visitors to “Al-Haramen Al-Sharefeen “. It was prepared when preparing breakfast and then spread between Gulf residents to other countries.
According to Arabic dictionary, in Persian, “sanbousak”, meaning the triangle, it is the well-known food that is made of dough and is folded into a triangle shape then stuffed with cheese or meat and then fried in oil. When the word - along with the transmission of food – came to the Arabs, they turned the “letter N” as a letter “M”, because the Arabic tongue turns the consonant Letter “N” into letter “M” if it is followed by a letter “B”, so they called it Sambousak.
Final verdict: Which of these words are true?
Sambousa and sambousak are correct, because they are all expressions of a foreign word and the Arabs translated it.
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