Shawarma Definition

shə-wärmə
noun
Meat, especially beef, chicken, or lamb, that is roasted slowly on a spit and wrapped in pita bread, traditionally served with lettuce, tomato, and garlic sauce.
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Other Word Forms of Shawarma

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Singular:
shawarma
Plural:
shawarmas

Origin of Shawarma

  • Arabic šāwurma, šāwirma from Turkish çevirme a turn (as on a spit), meat roasted on a spit from verbal n. of çevirmek to turn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic شاورما (šāwirma), from Turkish çevirme.

    From Wiktionary

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