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shashlik

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian шашлы́к (šašlýk), from Crimean Tatar şışlıq / шишлик (şişlik, “something to be cooked on a skewer”), ultimately from Turkic; compare Turkish şaşlık/ şişlik. Doublet of chislic.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شِيشْلِيك (šišlīk) — skewered dish
  • Arabic: شيشليك (šišlīk) — skewered dish
  • Armenian: խորոված (xorovac) — skewered dish
  • Azerbaijani: şişlik — skewered dish
  • Belarusian: шашлы́к (šašlýk) — skewered dish
  • Bulgarian: шишче (šišče) — skewered dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 串燒 /串烧 (chuànshāo) — skewered dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烤肉 (kǎoròu) — skewered dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 串兒 /串儿 (chuànr) — skewered dish
  • Czech: šašlik — skewered dish
  • Dutch: sjasliek — skewered dish
  • Esperanto: ŝaŝliko — skewered dish
  • Estonian: šašlõkk — skewered dish
  • Finnish: saslikki — skewered dish
  • Finnish: saslik — skewered dish
  • Finnish: šašlik — skewered dish
  • French: chachlyk — skewered dish
  • French: chachlik — skewered dish
  • Georgian: მწვადი (mc̣vadi) — skewered dish
  • German: Schaschlik — skewered dish
  • German: Schaschlyk — skewered dish
  • Greek: σασλίκ (saslík) — skewered dish
  • Hebrew: שישליק — skewered dish
  • Hungarian: saslik — skewered dish
  • Italian: shashlik — skewered dish
  • Japanese: シャシリク (shashiriku) — skewered dish
  • Kazakh: кәуап (käuap) — skewered dish
  • Korean: 샤실리크 (syasillikeu) — skewered dish
  • Latvian: šašliks — skewered dish
  • Lithuanian: šašlykas — skewered dish
  • Nogai: сислик (sislik) — skewered dish
  • Norwegian: sjasjlyk — skewered dish
  • Persian: شیشلیک (šišlik) — skewered dish
  • Polish: szaszłyk — skewered dish
  • Portuguese: chachlik — skewered dish
  • Portuguese: shashlik — skewered dish
  • Russian: шашлы́к (šašlýk) — skewered dish
  • Russian: шиш-кеба́б (šiš-kebáb) — skewered dish
  • Spanish: shashlik — skewered dish
  • Swedish: saschlik — skewered dish
  • Tatar: шашлык (şaşlıq) — skewered dish
  • Tatar: шешлек (şeşlek) — skewered dish
  • Tatar: кәбап (käbap) — skewered dish
  • Turkish: şaşlık — skewered dish
  • Turkish: şişlik — skewered dish
  • Turkish: şiş kebap — skewered dish
  • Ukrainian: шашли́к (šašlýk) — skewered dish
  • Uzbek: shashlik — skewered dish