"shawarma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ [General-American] Forms: shawarmas [plural]
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). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|شَاوِرْمَا}} Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), {{der|en|ota|چویرمه|t=something that is spun or turned over|tr=çevirme}} Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), {{cog|tr|çevirme}} Turkish çevirme Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} shawarma (usually uncountable, plural shawarmas)
  1. A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma Related terms: doner kebab, gyro, kebab, shish taouk, souvlaki Translations (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap): شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā) [feminine] (Arabic), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā) [feminine] (Arabic), շաուրմա (šaurma) (Armenian), Ղարսի խորոված (Ġarsi xorovac) (Armenian), ղարս (ġars) [colloquial] (Armenian), şavarma (Azerbaijani), şaurma (Azerbaijani), шаўрма́ (šaŭrmá) [feminine] (Belarusian), шавэ́рма (šavérma) [feminine] (Belarusian), শর্মা (śorma) (Bengali), xauarma [masculine] (Catalan), 沙威瑪 (Chinese Mandarin), 沙威玛 (shāwēimǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), ҫавӑрма (śavărma) (Chuvash), shoarma (Dutch), ŝavarmo (Esperanto), shawarma (Finnish), chawarma [masculine] (French), shawarma [masculine] (French), შაურმა (šaurma) (Georgian), შავერმა (šaverma) (Georgian), Schawarma [feminine] (German), γύρος (gýros) [masculine] (Greek), σαουαρμά (saouarmá) [feminine] (Greek), שווארמה (Hebrew), שׁוּאַרְמָה (shuarma) [feminine] (Hebrew), שוורמה (shavarma) [feminine] (Hebrew), शवर्मा (śavarmā) [masculine] (Hindi), ギロピタ (giropita) (Japanese), シャワルマ (shawaruma) (Japanese), шауырма (şauyrma) (Kazakh), 샤와르마 (syawareuma) (Korean), shawarma (Malay), शोर्मा (śormā) [masculine] (Marathi), şawirme (Northern Kurdish), doner (Northern Kurdish), شاوَرْما (šâvarmâ) (Persian), szawarma [feminine] (Polish), szoarma [feminine] (Polish), xauarma [masculine] (Portuguese), șaorma [feminine] (Romanian), шаурма́ (šaurmá) [feminine] (Russian), шаве́рма (šavérma) [feminine] (Russian), шаверма́ (šavermá) [feminine] (Russian), шаварма́ (šavarmá) [feminine] (Russian), до́нер-кеба́б (dónɛr-kebáb) [masculine] (Russian), shawarma [masculine] (Spanish), shawarma [common-gender] (Swedish), чөермә (çöermä) (Tatar), çevirme (Turkish), döner (Turkish), şavurma (Turkish), шаурма́ (šaurmá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шаве́рма (šavérma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), شاوَرْما (śāvarmā) [masculine] (Urdu), شاۋارما (shawarma) (Uyghur), shauarma (Uzbek), שוואַרמע (shvarme) [feminine] (Yiddish), שאַוואַרמאַ (shavarma) (Yiddish)

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          "word": "শর্মা"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šaurma",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "შაურმა"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "შავერმა"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shuarma",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
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          "roman": "šaurmá",
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          "word": "шаварма́"
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          "roman": "dónɛr-kebáb",
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          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "çevirme"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "döner"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "şavurma"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šaurmá",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шаурма́"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šavérma",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шаве́рма"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "śāvarmā",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شاوَرْما"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "shawarma",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "شاۋارما"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "shauarma"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shvarme",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שוואַרמע"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shavarma",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
          "word": "שאַוואַרמאַ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃəˈwɑɹmə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shawarma"
}
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        "2": "çevirme"
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  "etymology_text": "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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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "doner kebab"
    },
    {
      "word": "gyro"
    },
    {
      "word": "kebab"
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    {
      "word": "shish taouk"
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    {
      "word": "souvlaki"
    }
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Chuvash translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Uyghur translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "shaurma"
    },
    {
      "word": "shawirma"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoarma"
    },
    {
      "word": "shwarma"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāwirmā",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شَاوِرْمَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāwarmā",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شَاوَرْمَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šaurma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "շաուրմա"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Ġarsi xorovac",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "Ղարսի խորոված"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ġars",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "ղարս"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "şavarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "şaurma"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šaŭrmá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаўрма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šavérma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шавэ́рма"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śorma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "শর্মা"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xauarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "沙威瑪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāwēimǎ",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "沙威玛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "śavărma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "ҫавӑрма"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "shoarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "ŝavarmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "shawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šaurma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "შაურმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šaverma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "შავერმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gýros",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γύρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "saouarmá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σαουαρμά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "שווארמה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shuarma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שׁוּאַרְמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shavarma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שוורמה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śavarmā",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शवर्मा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "giropita",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "ギロピタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shawaruma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "シャワルマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şauyrma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "шауырма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "syawareuma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "샤와르마"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "şawirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "doner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "shawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śormā",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शोर्मा"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šâvarmâ",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "شاوَرْما"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szoarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xauarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "șaorma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šaurmá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаурма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šavérma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаве́рма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šavermá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаверма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šavarmá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаварма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dónɛr-kebáb",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нер-кеба́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "shawarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "çöermä",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "чөермә"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "çevirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "döner"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "şavurma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šaurmá",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаурма́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šavérma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шаве́рма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śāvarmā",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شاوَرْما"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shawarma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "شاۋارما"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "shauarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shvarme",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שוואַרמע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shavarma",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap",
      "word": "שאַוואַרמאַ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shawarma"
}

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