pastirma

pastirma

English

Alternative forms

• bastirma
• basturma (from Armenian)

Etymology

From Turkish pastırma.

Noun

pastirma (uncountable)

1. A highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef in Ottoman cuisine.
   • 2007 June 27, Florence Fabricant, “Food Stuff”, in New York Times‎:

     Filet mignon wrapped in air-cured beef pastirma (7 ounces, which is two medallions, for $15) is another option, as are marinated vegetables, also ready for a rich burnish ($5 for 8 ounces).

Related terms

• pastrami
• pastrama

Translations

highly seasoned, air-dried cured beef

Albanian: pastërma (sq) Arabic: بَسْطِرْمَة‎ (basṭerma) Armenian: բաստուրմա (hy) (basturma) Azerbaijani: basdırma Bulgarian: пастърма (pastǎrma) Greek: παστουρμάς (el) (pastourmás), παστρουμάς (el) (pastroumás) Krymchak: бастырма

Persian: باسترمه‎ (bâstorme) Polish: pasturma (pl) f Romanian: pastramă (ro) Russian: бастурма́ (ru) (basturmá) Serbo-Croatian: pastrma (sh), пастрма Turkish: pastırma (tr), bastırma (tr)

Anagrams

• pastrami