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shashliki

shashliki is the plural of shashlik.

Meaning of shashlik

Noun

shashlik (countable and uncountable, plural shashliks or shashliki)

  1. A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
    • 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

Origin of shashliki

From Russian шашлыки́ (šašlykí).

Questions about shashliki

What is shashliki the plural of?
Shashliki is the plural of shashlik.

Words near shashliki in the dictionary

  1. shashka
  2. shashkas
  3. shashlick
  4. shashlicks
  5. shashlik
  6. shashliki
  7. shashliks
  8. shashlyk
  9. shashlyki
  10. shashlyks
  11. Shashti

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