samanu

English

Alternative forms

• samanoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمنو (samanu).

Noun

samanu (uncountable)

1. A sweet, rich, brown Western and Central Asian pudding made of wheat germ ground on a hand mill and boiled till it has the consistency of moist halva; a component of Haft Seen.

Translations

a pudding

• Azerbaijani: İsfahan halvası, səməni halvası
• Kazakh: сүмелек (sümelek)
• Kyrgyz: сүмөлөк (ky) (sümölök)
• Persian: سمنو (fa) (samanu)
• Tajik: сумалак (tg) (sumalak), суманак (sumanak)
• Uzbek: sumalak (uz)

Anagrams

• Amanus, Aumans, Ausman, Manaus, Sumana, Umanas, namasu