doner kebab

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”) [1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ) kəˌbæb/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/

Noun

doner kebab (countable and uncountable, plural doner kebabs)

  1. A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.

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References

  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “doner kebab”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˌneɾ keˈbab/ [d̪oˌneɾ keˈβ̞aβ̞]
  • Syllabification: do‧ner ke‧bab

Noun

doner kebab m (plural doner kebabs)

  1. doner kebab
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