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pastrami en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈstɹɑːmi/ (US)
• pə-sträʹmē (US)
• /pæˈstɹɑːmi/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /pəˈstɹɑːmi/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish word is Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.

Forms

Descendants

pastrami · Pastrami · pastrami

Relateds

smoked beef · smoked meat · pastrama · pastirma · salt beef · corned beef

Translations (26)

el παστουρμάς (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · fr pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · fi pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · cv пустарма (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · gag pastırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · de Pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · crh bastırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ja パストラミ (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · pl pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · cmn 五香熏牛肉 (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ota باصدرمه (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · uz bostirma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · az basdırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · tr pastırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · es pastrón (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · es pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · jct bastırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · tl pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ru пастрома́ (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · pt pastrami (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ko 파스트라미 (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · yi פּאַסטראַמע (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ro pastramă (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · ru пастра́ми (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · kdr bastırma (seasoned smoked cut of beef) · bg пастърма (seasoned smoked cut of beef)