pastrami

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Pastrami.

Etymology

From Yiddish pastrame, from Romanian pastrama. That word is probably from Turkish pastırma, a variation of bastırma, "dried meat", from root *bas-, to press; the other possible origin of the Romanian word is the Greek παστώνω (pastono, "I salt"), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastos, "sprinkled with salt", "salted"). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pæˈstɹɑːmi/, /pəˈstɹɑːmi/; X-SAMPA: /p{"str\A:mi/, /p@"str\A:mi/
• (US) enPR: pə-sträʹmē, IPA: /pəˈstɹɑːmi/, X-SAMPA: /p@"str\A:mi/

Noun

pastrami (countable and uncountable; plural pastramis)

1. A seasoned smoked cut of beef

Translations

seasoned smoked cut of beef

• Finnish: pastrami (fi)
• French: pastrami m
• German: Pastrami m

• Romanian: pastramă (ro) f
• Russian: пастрама (ru) (pastrama)
• Spanish: pastrami (es) m
• Turkish: pastırma (tr)

See also

• corned beef
• smoked meat
• salt beef