Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.

    Schawarma

    шаурма́šaurmá, шаве́рмаšavérma, шаверма́šavermá

    шаурма́šaurmá, шаве́рмаšavérma

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Give me a shawarma and a diet cola.

    Дайте мені шаурму та дієтичну колу. — deniko

    ruДайте мне шаурму и диетическую колу. — Wezel

    AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Ziri ate the best shawarma in town.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I ate a shawarma.

    sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Do they have shawarma?

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Beef shawarma is a Middle Eastern delight.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap:
Русский
By meaning 1
Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap:

Origin

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویر

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).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: shawarmas

Word family

5 related words
Relateddoner kebabgyrokebabshish taouksouvlaki

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shavershavingshawshawlsheA1
shawarma — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto