See also: kébab and Kebab

English

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Shish kebabs (sense 3)

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap.[1] Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

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kebab (plural kebabs)

  1. (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
  3. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  4. A restaurant that sells kebabs
    Let's go to the kebab after the club.
  5. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  7. (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.
  8. (graphical user interface) A menu icon of three vertical dots.
    Coordinate terms: meatball, hamburger, bento

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kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

  1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.
  2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer.
    Synonyms: run through, spear; see also Thesaurus:stab, Thesaurus:impale
    • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle, page 32:
      I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 343:
      A bonfire was built in the courtyard of the Church where, 'almost drunk with rage', the mob hacked them into pieces 'so that not even a human shape remained', and then kebabbed them.

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “kebab”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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Noun

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kebab m inan

  1. kebab (dish, whether shish kebab or donner kebab)

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  • kebab in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Borrowed from Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

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kebab m (uncountable)

  1. kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. doner kebab

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkebɑb/, [ˈk̟e̞bɑ̝b]
  • Rhymes: -ebɑb
  • Hyphenation(key): ke‧bab

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kebab

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) kebu, kebbe

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Inflection of kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kebab kebabit
genitive kebabin kebabien
partitive kebabia kebabeja
illative kebabiin kebabeihin
singular plural
nominative kebab kebabit
accusative nom. kebab kebabit
gen. kebabin
genitive kebabin kebabien
partitive kebabia kebabeja
inessive kebabissa kebabeissa
elative kebabista kebabeista
illative kebabiin kebabeihin
adessive kebabilla kebabeilla
ablative kebabilta kebabeilta
allative kebabille kebabeille
essive kebabina kebabeina
translative kebabiksi kebabeiksi
abessive kebabitta kebabeitta
instructive kebabein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kebabini kebabini
accusative nom. kebabini kebabini
gen. kebabini
genitive kebabini kebabieni
partitive kebabiani kebabejani
inessive kebabissani kebabeissani
elative kebabistani kebabeistani
illative kebabiini kebabeihini
adessive kebabillani kebabeillani
ablative kebabiltani kebabeiltani
allative kebabilleni kebabeilleni
essive kebabinani kebabeinani
translative kebabikseni kebabeikseni
abessive kebabittani kebabeittani
instructive
comitative kebabeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kebabisi kebabisi
accusative nom. kebabisi kebabisi
gen. kebabisi
genitive kebabisi kebabiesi
partitive kebabiasi kebabejasi
inessive kebabissasi kebabeissasi
elative kebabistasi kebabeistasi
illative kebabiisi kebabeihisi
adessive kebabillasi kebabeillasi
ablative kebabiltasi kebabeiltasi
allative kebabillesi kebabeillesi
essive kebabinasi kebabeinasi
translative kebabiksesi kebabeiksesi
abessive kebabittasi kebabeittasi
instructive
comitative kebabeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kebabimme kebabimme
accusative nom. kebabimme kebabimme
gen. kebabimme
genitive kebabimme kebabiemme
partitive kebabiamme kebabejamme
inessive kebabissamme kebabeissamme
elative kebabistamme kebabeistamme
illative kebabiimme kebabeihimme
adessive kebabillamme kebabeillamme
ablative kebabiltamme kebabeiltamme
allative kebabillemme kebabeillemme
essive kebabinamme kebabeinamme
translative kebabiksemme kebabeiksemme
abessive kebabittamme kebabeittamme
instructive
comitative kebabeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kebabinne kebabinne
accusative nom. kebabinne kebabinne
gen. kebabinne
genitive kebabinne kebabienne
partitive kebabianne kebabejanne
inessive kebabissanne kebabeissanne
elative kebabistanne kebabeistanne
illative kebabiinne kebabeihinne
adessive kebabillanne kebabeillanne
ablative kebabiltanne kebabeiltanne
allative kebabillenne kebabeillenne
essive kebabinanne kebabeinanne
translative kebabiksenne kebabeiksenne
abessive kebabittanne kebabeittanne
instructive
comitative kebabeinenne

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French

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Etymology

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From Turkish kebap.

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kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kabab- (to burn, to roast).

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  • IPA(key): /kəˈbap/, /kəˈbap̚/
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Hyphenation: kê‧bab

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kêbab

  1. kebab:
    1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
    2. A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.

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Italian

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From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb, fried meat).

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kebab m (invariable)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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  1. ^ kebab in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

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kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebaber, definite plural kebabene)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

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kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebabar, definite plural kebabane)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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kebab

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Borrowed from Turkish kebap.

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kebab m animal or m inan (related adjective kebabowy)

  1. doner kebab, gyro (Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread)
    Synonym: (slang) kebs
  2. (colloquial, metonymically) restaurant or bar that serves doner kebab

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kebab m pers

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Muslim person, especially of Turkish descent

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  • kebab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kebab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kebab in PWN's encyclopedia

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kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /keˈbab/ [keˈβ̞aβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
  • Syllabification: ke‧bab

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kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab, doner kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Swedish

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Borrowed from Turkish kebap. According to SO attested since the 1970s.

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kebab c

  1. kebab, meat (often beef, sometimes lamb or pork) roasted on an upright skewer
    Coordinate term: (pork kebab) gyros
  2. doner kebab, dish of skewered meat and vegetables served in pita bread
    Synonym: kebab med bröd

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