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basturma

basturma is the alternative form of pastirma.

Meaning of pastirma

Noun

pastirma (uncountable)

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

Forms of basturma

pluralbasturmas

Origin of basturma

From Armenian բաստուրմա (basturma). Doublet of pastrama.

Questions about basturma

What is basturma the alternative form of?
Basturma is the alternative form of pastirma.

Words near basturma in the dictionary

  1. bastrovirus
  2. bastroviruses
  3. basts
  4. basturd
  5. basturds
  6. basturma
  7. basturmas
  8. Basu
  9. basuco
  10. Basud
  11. basuko

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basturma (page history and authors); pastirma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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