xauarma

Catalan

Alternative forms

• shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “spinning, rotating”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈwar.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʃaˈwaɾ.ma]

Noun

xauarma m (plural xauarmes)

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• shawarma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “spinning, rotating”).

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

xauarma m or f (plural xauarmas)

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