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shawarma

[ shuh-wawr-muh ]

noun

  1. (in Middle Eastern cuisine)
    1. roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit.
    2. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shawarma1

1950–55; < Levantine Arabic shāwurma, shāwirma, from Turkish çevirme “turn, rotation, meat roasted on a spit,” from çevirmek “to turn, rotate”

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