See kielbasa in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Polish kiełbasa
Origin: , from East and West Slavic *kŭlbasa
Origin: , from East Turkic kül bassï, grilled cutlet
Origin: , from Turkic kül bastï
Origin: : kül, coals, ashes
Origin: + bastï, pressed (meat) (from basmaq, to press)
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