pastrami

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Definition of pastrami in English English dictionary

A seasoned smoked cut of beef

{i} spiced smoked beef

Italian smoked beef

highly seasoned cut of smoked beef

Pastrami is strongly seasoned smoked beef. smoked beef that contains a lot of spices (pastrama)

Highly, spiced smoked beef, usually prepared from the shoulder cuts

Hyphenation

pas·tra·mi

Turkish pronunciation

pısträmi

Pronunciation

/pəˈsträmē/ /pəˈstrɑːmiː/

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.