noun
shashlik
Shashlik (noun) means a form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
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A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
"When they arrived, Masha and Natasha joined the other girls in the kitchen, and Pasha scurried Seth out into the great outdoors with the men to barbeque shashliki, a delicious Russian marinated meat."
— Kenneth Eade (2013)
"Somewhere we stopped by the roadside for shashliki."
— Liam O’Meara, April Days 2005. Going Home (2010)
"Before them is an elaborate presentation of shashliki in the shape of a dartboard. They slide the meat off with their teeth, then use the skewer for target practice."
— Irina Reyn, Tanya (2016)
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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. A doublet of chislic.
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"shashlik" (noun) means a form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
