چویرمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”).

Adjective

چویرمه • (çevirme)

1. turned; turned over
2. turned on a spit

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā)
  • → Catalan: xauarma, shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
  • → English: shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
  • → French: shawarma, chawarma
  • → Japanese: シャーワルマー (shāwarumā)
  • → Portuguese: xauarma, shawarma
  • → Russian: шаурма (šaurma), шаверма́ (šavermá), шаварма́ (šavarmá), шавурма́ (šavurmá)
    • → Armenian: շաուրմա (šaurma)
    • → Georgian: შაურმა (šaurma), შავერმა (šaverma), შვარმა (švarma), შოარმა (šoarma)
• → Armenian: չէվիրմէ (čʻēvirmē, “a kind of sweet”)

Noun

چویرمه • (çevirme)

1. turning

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چویرمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چویرمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741