pelmen

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English

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Etymology

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From Russian пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ).

Noun

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pelmen (plural pelmeni)

  1. (rare) singular of pelmeni
    • 1991, Soviet Soldier, page 79, column 3:
      Stick the edges together and join the ends to form a pelmen.
    • 1996, Rosalie Sogolow, compiler, Memories from a Russian Kitchen: From Shtetl to Golden Land, Fithian Press, →ISBN, page 99:
      According to an old tradition, the cook puts some object like a button into one pelmen, instead of the filling.
    • 2011 March 17, Malkhaz Maisashvili, quotee, “Unknown Diversity of Georgian Cuisine”, in Georgian Journal[1], archived from the original on 2023-10-18:
      Every piece is folded in dough like a pelmen and boiled.
    • 2012 December, “Tempting Russian Pelmeni”, in Where Siberia, page 40, column 1:
      It’s better to use a spoon, preferably a wooden one. This way a pelmen keeps inside the meat broth made during the cooking, and so the dish stays juicier. There’s also a variety of traditions connected with pelmeni, like making “the lucky” pelmen with some different filling. It is believed that the person who gets a pelmen with pepper will meet his love, the one finding the pelmen with sugar will be happy, with a coin inside – will be rich.