shawarma
nounUS /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/
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).
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Usually A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
- Though shawarma is also made from lamb, beef and turkey, I’ve stuck with chicken, because there seemed more than enough possibility to explore with that alone, though much the same technique could be adapted for other meats.2022 August 17, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect chicken shawarma – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
- Related terms
- doner kebab, gyro, kebab, shish taouk, souvlaki