shashlik

[shahsh-lik, shahsh-lik]

shash·lik

[shahsh-lik, shahsh-lik]
Also, shash·lick, shas·lik.


Origin:
1925–30; < Russian shashlýk < Turkic; compare Turkish şişlik stewing meat, equivalent to şiş skewer (compare shish kebab) + -lik suffix of appurtenance (a in Russ word is unexplained)
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Shashlik is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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shashlik or shashlick (ʃɑːʃˈlɪk, ˈʃɑːʃlɪk, ʃɑːʃˈlɪk, ˈʃɑːʃlɪk)
 
n
a type of kebab
 
[from Russian, of Turkic origin; compare shish kebab]
 
shashlick or shashlick
 
n
 
[from Russian, of Turkic origin; compare shish kebab]

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