Dictionary

shawarma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

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).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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:

Forms

Relateds

shish taouk · souvlaki · kebab · doner kebab · gyro

Translations (58)

ru шаверма́ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · be шаўрма́ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · yi שאַוואַרמאַ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · es shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ru шаве́рма (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · hy շաուրմա (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ca xauarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ka შაურმა (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · pt xauarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · yi שוואַרמע (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · hy ղարս (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · uk шаве́рма (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ro șaorma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ru шаварма́ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · cv ҫавӑрма (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · tr şavurma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · sv shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · hi शावरमा (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · pl szawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · be шавэ́рма (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ar شَاوَرْمَا (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · az şaurma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · kmr doner (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · mr शोर्मा (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · tr döner (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · tr çevirme (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · eo ŝavarmo (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · he שווארמה (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · tt чөермә (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ko 샤와르마 (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ms shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · el γύρος (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · el σαουαρμά (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ka შავერმა (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · uk шаурма́ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ja シャワルマ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · pl szoarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · nl shoarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · hy Ղարսի խորոված (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · de Schawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · fi shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · kk шауырма (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ur شاوَرْما (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ru шаурма́ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · fa-ira شاوَرْما (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · fr chawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · cmn 沙威瑪 /沙威玛 (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · fr shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · he שׁוּאַרְמָה (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · az şavarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · kmr şawirme (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ug شاۋارما (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ru до́нер-кеба́б (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · he שוורמה (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · bn শর্মা (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · uz shauarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ja ギロピタ (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) · ar شَاوِرْمَا (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)