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pelmeny

or ··Ծ

[ pel-muh-nee; Russian pyil-mye-nyi ]

plural noun

Russian Cooking.
  1. a Siberian dish of small pockets of dough filled with seasoned, minced beef, lamb, or pork and served boiled, fried, or in a soup.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pelmeny1

1940–45; < Russian ʾéԾ, plural of ʾéʾ, dissimilated form of dial. ʾԲáʾ < Komi, Udmurt ʾńń, equivalent to ʾ ear + ńń bread, pastry (so called from their earlike shape
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The story features a woman named Ksenia, whose pelmennaya—a homey café specializing in pelmeny dumplings—closely resembles Tarusa’s Cheburechnaya, which, in real life, is run by a woman named Natalia Verzilina.

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