kebab en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəˈbɑb/ (General-American)
- /kɪˈbɑb/ (General-American)
- /kɪˈbæb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
- /kəˈbæb/ (Australia)
- /kɪˈbɑːb/ usual
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
Meanings
- (Australia, UK) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish roasted on an upright skewer, usually mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and served in flatbread, especially a doner kebab.
- (US) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
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(India) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ A dish made from shaped minced meat, usually grilled on a skewer but sometimes formed into a patty and fried or baked.
A kebab that is also popular in Iran and Afghanistan is shammi kebab - a disk-shaped patty resembling a hamburger made of spiced ground meat and chickpeas beaten until they are light and airy and lightly sautéed in a pan.
2013 September 9, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen, Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 172:
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A restaurant that sells kebabs
Let's go to the kebab after the club.
- The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
- (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) The vulva.
- A menu icon of three vertical dots.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kebap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kabob | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kabaab | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kabab | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kebob | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kebabs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Wigan kebab · kebab menu · badly packed kebab · shish kebab · doner kebab · remove kebab · kebab icon · kafta kebab · seekh kebab · chapli kebab · shami kebab · kebablike · kebab button · kebab paratha · kebab case
Translations (93)
sh ćèvāp (dish) · ru шашлы́к (dish) · kum кабап (dish) · fr kebab (dish) · ka მწვადი (dish) · pt lanche grego (dish) · cmn 卡巴 (dish) · cs kebab (dish) · ckb تکە (dish) · cmn 烤肉串 (dish) · ko 케밥 (dish) · tk kebob (dish) · gl kebab (dish) · sh ћѐва̄п (dish) · sk kebab (dish) · fa-ira کَباب (dish) · ka ქაბაბი (dish) · tt кәбаб (dish) · da kebab (dish) · de Kebab (dish) · gu કબાબ (dish) · cmn 串燒 /串烧 (dish) · sh шишћевапи (dish) · de Döner (doner kebab) (dish) · mr कबाब (dish) · la alchiebābat (dish) · et kebab (dish) · mk ражнич (dish) · ja ケバブ (dish) · fr kebap (dish) · lez кабаб (dish) · kk кәуап (dish) · sl ražnjič (dish) · he קַבָּבּ (dish) · es kebab (dish) · eo kebabo (dish) · my ကဘတ် (dish) · pl kebab (dish) · be кеба́б (dish) · ms kebab (dish) · tl kebab (dish) · fi kebab (dish) · bg кеба́пче (dish) · ar كَبَاب (dish) · nl kebab (dish) · lt kebabas (dish) · az kabab (dish) · pt kebab (dish) · hu kebab (dish) · ja 串焼き (dish) · sh šišćevapi (dish) · sh ražnjići (dish) · bg кеба́п (dish) · ur کَباب (dish) · hy քյաբաբ (dish) · uk шашли́к (dish) · de Fleischspieß (dish) · sh ràžnjić (dish) · hu gírosz (dish) · scn kebab (dish) · el κεμπάπ (dish) · cmn 綠綠 /绿绿 (offensive: a Muslim) · scn chibbàb (dish) · he כַּבָּבּ (dish) · sv kebab (dish) · be шашлы́к (dish) · it kebab (dish) · ug كاۋاپ (dish) · sl kebab (dish) · lv kebabs (dish) · ps کباب (dish) · bn কাবাব (dish) · ky кебеп (dish) · tr kebap (dish) · ru кеба́б (dish) · de Kebap (dish) · fr kébab (dish) · sw mshikaki (dish) · sh ра̀жњић (dish) · kmr kebab (dish) · mi ōpūrau (dish) · hi कबाब (dish) · sh kèbab (dish) · tg кабоб (dish) · uz kabob (dish) · id kebab (dish) · pa ਕਬਾਬ (dish) · ro kebab (dish) · nb kebab (dish) · sh кѐбаб m ражњићи (dish) · uk кеба́б (dish) · sq qebab (dish) · mk ќебап (dish)