Definitions | pastrami |
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- A seasoned smoked cut of beef
Translations: - French: bÅ�uf fumé très épicé
(trans-mid)
Etymology: From w:Yiddish, Yiddish pastrame, from w:Romanian, Romanian pastrama. That word is probably from (Turk.) pastÄrma, a variation of bastÄrma, "dried meat", from root - bas-, to press; the other possible origin of the Romanian word is the (pastono, "I salt"), from Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (pastos, "sprinkled with salt", "salted"). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.
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