چویرمه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”).
Adjective
چویرمه • (çevirme)
- turned; turned over
- turned on a spit
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā)
- → Catalan: xauarma, shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
- → English: shawarma, schwarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
- → French: shawarma, chawarma
- → Japanese: シャーワルマー (shāwarumā)
- → Portuguese: xauarma, shawarma
- → Russian: шаурма (šaurma), шаверма́ (šavermá), шаварма́ (šavarmá), шавурма́ (šavurmá)
- → Armenian: չէվիրմէ (čʻēvirmē, “a kind of sweet”)
Noun
چویرمه • (çevirme)
- turning
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چویرمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چویرمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741