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pastrami

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/pæˈstɹɑːmi/(UK)
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/pæˈstɹɑːmi/(UK) · /pəˈstɹɑːmi/(UK) · /pəˈstɹɑːmi/(US)

Definition of pastrami

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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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…

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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.

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