šašliks

Latvian

Šašliks

Etymology

Probably via Russian (cf. шашлык (šašlyk)), ultimately borrowed from Turkic (cf. Crimean Tatar şışlıq, from şış (“spike, sharp stick”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃaʃliks]

Noun

šašliks m (1st declension)

  1. shashlik (a type of skewered food cooked on an open fire, of Turkish origin)
    cūkgaļas šašliks ― pork shashlik
    šašliku mērce ― shashlik sauce
    iemarinētos gaļas gabalus uzsprauž uz metāla iesma... šašliku cep uz kvēlošām oglēm ― one drives a skewer through the marinated pieces of meat... the shashlik is cooked on burning coals

Declension

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