shashlyk

English

Noun

shashlyk (countable and uncountable, plural shashlyks or shashlyki)

  1. Alternative spelling of shashlik.
    • 1952, Cothburn O’Neal, chapter 1, in Master of the World (Avon; N158), New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published 1967, →OCLC, book 1, page 17:
      My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open fires.
    • 1999 August 27, Dimitry Volshebnik, “Editor Chosed[sic] a strange pick?”, in soc.culture.russian‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 June 2025:
      I heard 1 million Georgians left Georgia during past 8 years, so it can't be good. Well at least you can buy good shashlyki in Moscow :)
    • 2012, Simon Richmond et al., “Tynda”, in Russia, 6th edition, Footscray, Vic.; Oakland, Calif.; London: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 589, column 2:
      The Bakaldin Festival rotates between several nearby Evenki villages in late May or early June, with traditional song, dance, reindeer rides and plenty of reindeer shashlyki and other native delicacies.
    • 2024, Alexandrina Vanke, “In the garage”, in The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in Everyday Struggle, Manchester: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, part II (Ways of life), chapter 3 (A gendered sense of place: intersectional inequalities in urban space):
      Third, the garage is also a place for spending leisure time, barbecuing (making shashlyki), drinking, socialising and maintaining relationships with other men.
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