"doner kebab" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/ [UK], /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doner kebab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doner kebabs [plural], döner kebab [alternative], doner kebap [alternative], döner kebap [alternative]
Etymology: From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tr|döner kebap}} Turkish döner kebap Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: gyro Translations (Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita): doner kebab [masculine] (Albanian), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā) [feminine] (Arabic), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā) [feminine] (Arabic), دُونَر كِبَاب (dūnar kibāb) [masculine] (Arabic), դոներ քաբաբ (doner kʻabab) (Armenian), դյոներ քաբաբ (dyoner kʻabab) (Armenian), dönər (Azerbaijani), дюне́р (djunér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дюне́р кеба́п (djunér kebáp) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 土耳其卡巴 (Tǔ'ěrqí kǎbā) (Chinese Mandarin), döner (Finnish), sandwich grec [masculine] (French), döner kebab (French), doner kebab (French), Döner [masculine] (German), Döner Kebab [masculine] (German), γύρος (gýros) [masculine] (Greek), ντονέρ κεμπάπ (ntonér kempáp) [neuter] (Greek), डोनर कबाब (ḍonar kabāb) (Hindi), डोनर (ḍonar) (Hindi), gírosz (Hungarian), کَبابِ تُرْکی (kabâb-e torki) (Iranian Persian), panino kebab [masculine] (Italian), kebab [masculine] (Italian), ドネルケバブ (doneru kebabu) (Japanese), 되네르 (doenereu) (Korean), 되네르 케밥 (doenereu kebap) (Korean), донер (doner) [masculine] (Macedonian), kebab [masculine] (Polish), kebs [masculine] (Polish), churrasco grego [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), șaorma [feminine] (Romanian), шаурма́ (šaurmá) [feminine] (Russian), шаверма́ (šavermá) [feminine] (Russian), шаварма́ (šavarmá) [feminine] (Russian), шавурма́ (šavurmá) [feminine] (Russian), до́нер (dónɛr) [masculine] (Russian), до́нер-кеба́б (dónɛr-kebáb) [masculine] (Russian), донер кебаб [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), донер ћевап [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), doner kebab [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), doner ćevap [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kebab [masculine] (Spanish), doner kebab [masculine] (Spanish), kebab [common-gender] (Swedish), kebab med bröd [common-gender] (Swedish), kebabrulle [common-gender] (Swedish), เดอแนร์ (Thai), döner kebap (Turkish), döner (Turkish), шаурма́ (šaurmá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шаверма́ (šavermá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), до́нер-кеба́б (dóner-kebáb) [masculine] (Ukrainian), doner kabob (Uzbek), cebab doner [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "roman": "šāwirmā",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "doner kʻabab",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "դոներ քաբաբ"
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          "roman": "dyoner kʻabab",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "word": "sandwich grec"
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          "word": "Döner"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "ntonér kempáp",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "roman": "ḍonar kabāb",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "डोनर कबाब"
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "gírosz"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "panino kebab"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "word": "kebab"
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          "roman": "doneru kebabu",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "ドネルケバブ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "roman": "doenereu",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "되네르"
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          "roman": "doenereu kebap",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "되네르 케밥"
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          "roman": "doner",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "roman": "kabâb-e torki",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "word": "șaorma"
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          "roman": "šaurmá",
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          "word": "kebab med bröd"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "code": "th",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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        },
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "šavermá",
          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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          "roman": "dóner-kebáb",
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          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
          "word": "doner kabob"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "word": "cebab doner"
        }
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    },
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      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "dūnar kibāb",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "doner kʻabab",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "dönər"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "djunér",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "djunér kebáp",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Tǔ'ěrqí kǎbā",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "土耳其卡巴"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "döner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sandwich grec"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "döner kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "doner kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Döner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Döner Kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "gýros",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γύρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ntonér kempáp",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ντονέρ κεμπάπ"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "ḍonar kabāb",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "डोनर कबाब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "ḍonar",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "डोनर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "gírosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panino kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "doneru kebabu",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "ドネルケバブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "doenereu",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "되네르"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "doenereu kebap",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "되네르 케밥"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "doner",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "kabâb-e torki",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "کَبابِ تُرْکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kebs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "churrasco grego"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "șaorma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šaurmá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаурма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šavermá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаверма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šavarmá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаварма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "šavurmá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шавурма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dónɛr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dónɛr-kebáb",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нер-кеба́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донер кебаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "донер ћевап"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doner kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doner ćevap"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doner kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kebab med bröd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kebabrulle"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "เดอแนร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "döner kebap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "döner"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "šaurmá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаурма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "šavermá",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаверма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "dóner-kebáb",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нер-кеба́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "word": "doner kabob"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cebab doner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doner kebab"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.