pastrami

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pastrami

/pæˈstɹɑːmi/ UK
/pəˈstɹɑːmi/ UK
/pəˈstɹɑːmi/ US

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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.

noun pastramis · pastrame · pastromi

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

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noun seasoned smoked cut of beef

Español	pastrami, pastrón
한국어	파스트라미 paseuteurami
日本語	パストラミ pasutorami
中文	五香熏牛肉 wǔxiāng xūn niúròu
Português	pastrami
Français	pastrami
Deutsch	Pastrami
Ελληνικά	παστουρμάς pastourmás
Română	pastramă
Русский	пастрома́ pastromá, пастра́ми pastrámi

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@misc{pastrami_2026,
  title = {pastrami},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pastrami},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}