Where does “pastramă” come from?

pastramă (Romanian) comes from Turkish pastırma, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه — the act of pressing.

pastramă (Romanian): pastrama

Definitions

  1. pastrama

Ancestry of “pastramă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishpastırmapastirma
2Ottoman Turkishباصدرمهthe act of pressing

Words derived from “pastramă”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه →Every word from Turkish pastırma →