shawarma

English

shawarma, as a pita sandwich

Alternative forms

• shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma

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).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ (compare shwarma)

Noun

shawarma (usually uncountable, plural shawarmas)

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

Translations

Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap

• Arabic: شَاوِرْمَا f (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا f (šāwarmā)
• Armenian: շաուրմա (hy) (šaurma), Ղարսի խորոված (Ġarsi xorovac), (colloquial) ղարս (ġars)
• Azerbaijani: şavarma, şaurma
• Belarusian: шаўрма́ f (šaŭrmá), шавэ́рма f (šavérma)
• Bengali: শর্মা (bn) (śorma)
• Catalan: xauarma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙威瑪／沙威玛 (zh) (shāwēimǎ)

• Chuvash: ҫавӑрма (śavărma)
• Esperanto: ŝavarmo
• Finnish: shawarma (fi)
• French: chawarma (fr) m, shawarma (fr) m
• Georgian: შაურმა (šaurma), შავერმა (šaverma)
• German: Schawarma f
• Greek: γύρος (el) m (gýros), σαουαρμά f (saouarmá)
• Hebrew: שווארמה / שׁוּאַרְמָה (he) f (shuarma), שוורמה f (shavarma)
• Hindi: शवर्मा m (śavarmā)
• Japanese: ギロピタ (giropita), シャワルマ (shawaruma)
• Kazakh: шауырма (şauyrma)
• Korean: 샤와르마 (syawareuma)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şawirme (ku), doner (ku)

• Malay: shawarma
• Marathi: शोर्मा m (śormā)
• Persian: شاوَرْما (šâvarmâ)
• Polish: szawarma f, szoarma f
• Portuguese: xauarma (pt) m
• Romanian: șaorma (ro) f
• Russian: шаурма́ (ru) f (šaurmá), шаве́рма (ru) f (šavérma), шаверма́ (ru) f (šavermá), шаварма́ (ru) f (šavarmá), до́нер-кеба́б m (dónɛr-kebáb)
• Spanish: shawarma m
• Swedish: shawarma c
• Tatar: чөермә (çöermä)
• Turkish: çevirme (tr), döner (tr), şavurma
• Ukrainian: шаурма́ f (šaurmá), шаве́рма f (šavérma)
• Urdu: شاوَرْما m (śāvarmā)
• Uyghur: شاۋارما (shawarma)
• Uzbek: shauarma
• Yiddish: שאַוואַרמאַ (shavarma)

See also

• doner kebab
• gyro
• kebab
• shish taouk
• souvlaki

 

French

Alternative forms

• chawarma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.waʁ.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

shawarma m (plural shawarmas)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɻ.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/

Noun

shawarma m or f (plural shawarmas)

1. Alternative spelling of xauarma

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾma/ [ʃaˈwaɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma

Noun

shawarma m (plural shawarmas)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Swedish

Noun

shawarma c

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Declension

Declension of shawarma
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	shawarma	shawarman	shawarmor	shawarmorna
Genitive	shawarmas	shawarmans	shawarmors	shawarmornas

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾma/ [ʃɐˈwaːɾ.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma

Noun

shawarma (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏᜇ᜔ᜋ)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)