a Siberian dish of small pockets of dough filled with seasoned, minced beef, lamb, or pork and served boiled, fried, or in a soup.
Also, pel⋅me⋅ni.
Origin: 1940–45; < Russ pelʾméni, pl. of pelʾménʾ, dissimilated form of dial. pelʾnyánʾ < Komi, Udmurt pelʾńań, equiv. to pelʾ ear + ńań bread, pastry (so called from their earlike shape
[pel-muh-nee; Russ. pyil-mye-nyi] 
