English Explanatory Dictionary

samanu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sweet, rich, brown Western and Central Asian pudding made of germinated wheat berries ground on a hand mill and boiled to the consistency of moist halva; a component of Haft Seen.

Word forms

samanu samanoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمنو (samanu).

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