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.
pastrami (countable and uncountable, plural pastramis)
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pastrami
From Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame).
pastrami
Inflection of pastrami (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pastrami | pastramit | ||
genitive | pastramin | pastramien pastrameiden pastrameitten | ||
partitive | pastramia | pastrameita pastrameja | ||
illative | pastramiin | pastrameihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pastrami | pastramit | ||
accusative | nom. | pastrami | pastramit | |
gen. | pastramin | |||
genitive | pastramin | pastramien pastrameiden pastrameitten | ||
partitive | pastramia | pastrameita pastrameja | ||
inessive | pastramissa | pastrameissa | ||
elative | pastramista | pastrameista | ||
illative | pastramiin | pastrameihin | ||
adessive | pastramilla | pastrameilla | ||
ablative | pastramilta | pastrameilta | ||
allative | pastramille | pastrameille | ||
essive | pastramina | pastrameina | ||
translative | pastramiksi | pastrameiksi | ||
abessive | pastramitta | pastrameitta | ||
instructive | — | pastramein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Romanian pastramă, probably through Yiddish and possibly through English, that from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma).
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pastrami m (plural pastramis)
From Romanian pastramă, probably through Yiddish and possibly through English, that from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma).
pastrami m (plural pastramis)