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pastirma

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef in Ottoman cuisine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (pastırma) (modern Turkish pastırma). Doublet of pastrama.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pastërma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Arabic: بَسْطِرْمَة (basṭirma) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Armenian: բաստուրմա (basturma) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Azerbaijani: basdırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Bulgarian: пастърма (pastǎrma) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Chuvash: пустарма (pustarma) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Crimean Tatar: bastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Gagauz: pastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Greek: παστουρμάς (pastourmás) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Greek: παστρουμάς (pastroumás) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Karaim: bastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Krymchak: бастырма — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Krymchak: bastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Persian: باسترمه (bâstorme) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Polish: pasturma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Romanian: pastramă — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Russian: бастурма́ (basturmá) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Serbo-Croatian: pastrma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Serbo-Croatian: пастрма — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Tsakhur: басдурма (basdurma) — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Turkish: pastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Turkish: bastırma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef
  • Uzbek: bostirma — highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef