shawarma
English
shawarma, as a pita sandwich
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), verbal noun of چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”) (modern Turkish çevirme and çevirmek).[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ (compare shwarma)
Noun
shawarma (usually uncountable, plural shawarmas)
- A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
Translations
Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
|
See also
References
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “shawarma”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), Derived from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕaˈwɑːma], [ɕaˈvɑːma]
Noun
shawarma c (singular definite shawarmaen, plural indefinite shawarmaer)
- shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shawarma | shawarmaen | shawarmaer | shawarmaerne |
| genitive | shawarmas | shawarmaens | shawarmaers | shawarmaernes |
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.waʁ.ma/
Audio: (file)
Noun
shawarma m (plural shawarmas)
- shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaɻ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/
Noun
shawarma m or f (plural shawarmas)
- alternative spelling of xauarma
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaɾma/ [ʃaˈwaɾ.ma]
- Rhymes: -aɾma
- Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma
Noun
shawarma m (plural shawarmas)
- shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)
Swedish
Noun
shawarma c
- shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | shawarma | shawarmas |
| definite | shawarman | shawarmans | |
| plural | indefinite | shawarmor | shawarmors |
| definite | shawarmorna | shawarmornas |
Tagalog
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʃaˈwaɾma/ [ʃɐˈwaɾ.mɐ]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sjaˈwaɾma/ [sjɐˈwaɾ.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -aɾma
- Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma
Noun
shawarma (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏᜇ᜔ᜋ)
- shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)