shashlik means A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
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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.
noun
- A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.e.g.“Men entered the room bearing skewers of tikas—kebabs or shashliki, we would call them—spitted chunks of lamb that had been roasted with onions and other seasoning.” — 1958 May, Christopher Rand, “Journey Through the Khyber Pass”, in Ted Patrick, editor, Holiday, volume 23, number 5, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 158, column 2:
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Words closest in meaning
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- sosatie 60% match — A kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai. vs shashlik →
- beshbarmak 59% match — A traditional dish of nomadic Turkic peoples in Central Asia and Russia, consisting of chopped boiled meat with noodles and onion sauce. vs shashlik →
- brochette 59% match — A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled. vs shashlik →
- kebablike 59% match — Resembling or characteristic of a kebab. vs shashlik →
- kushiyaki 59% match — A Japanese technique for serving chicken or other grilled foods on a skewer. vs shashlik →
- pagash 58% match — A Slavic Lenten dish of flatbread topped with potatoes (typically mashed), cheese, cabbage, and Slavic ingredients for flavour. vs shashlik →
- khorovadz 58% match — Armenian barbecue. vs shashlik →
- bozbash 58% match — A mutton or lamb soup, popular among the peoples of the Caucasus. vs shashlik →