shawarma
US/ʃəˈwɑɹmə/
shawarma noun: a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
Noun
shawarma (usually uncountable, plural shawarmas)
- A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
- Though shawarma is also made from lamb, beef and turkey, I’ve stuck with chicken, because there seemed more than enough possibility to explore with that alone, though much the same technique could be adapted for other meats.2022 August 17, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect chicken shawarma – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022
shawarma meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
shawarma in Hindi
- Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
- शावरमा śāvarmā
shawarma in Marathi
- Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
- शोर्मा śormā
shawarma in Urdu
- Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
- شاوَرْما śāvarmā
shawarma in Bengali
- Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
- শর্মা śorma
More languagesFewer languages
- shawarma in Malayalam
- ഷവർമ ṣavaṟma
- shawarma in Arabic
- شَاوِرْمَا šāwirmā, شَاوَرْمَا šāwarmā
- shawarma in Malay
- shawarma
Forms of shawarma
| plural | shawarmas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | schwarma |
| alternative form | shaurma |
| alternative form | shawirma |
| alternative form | shoarma |
| alternative form | shwarma |
Origin of shawarma
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).
Questions about shawarma
- What does shawarma mean?
- Shawarma means a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
- What is shawarma in Hindi?
- Shawarma in Hindi is शावरमा (śāvarmā). See Shawarma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shawarma?
- Shawarma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shawarma?
- Shawarma is pronounced /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ (US).
- What is the plural of shawarma?
- The plural of shawarma is shawarmas.
Words near shawarma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shawarma (page history and authors); ഷവർമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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