Phrase guide

doner kebab

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”)

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: doner kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Arabic: شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Arabic: شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Arabic: دُونَر كِبَاب (dūnar kibāb) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Armenian: դոներ քաբաբ (doner kʻabab) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Armenian: դյոներ քաբաբ (dyoner kʻabab) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Azerbaijani: dönər — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Bulgarian: дюне́р (djunér) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Bulgarian: дюне́р кеба́п (djunér kebáp) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其卡巴 (Tǔ'ěrqí kǎbā) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Finnish: döner — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • French: sandwich grec — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • French: döner kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • French: doner kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • German: Döner — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • German: Döner Kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Greek: γύρος (gýros) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Greek: ντονέρ κεμπάπ (ntonér kempáp) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Hindi: डोनर कबाब (ḍonar kabāb) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Hindi: डोनर (ḍonar) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Hungarian: gírosz — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Italian: panino kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Italian: kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Japanese: ドネルケバブ (doneru kebabu) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Korean: 되네르 (doenereu) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Korean: 되네르 케밥 (doenereu kebap) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Macedonian: донер (doner) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Iranian Persian: کَبابِ تُرْکی (kabâb-e torki) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Polish: kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Polish: kebs — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Portuguese: churrasco grego — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Romanian: șaorma — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: шаурма́ (šaurmá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: шаверма́ (šavermá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: шаварма́ (šavarmá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: шавурма́ (šavurmá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: до́нер (dónɛr) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Russian: до́нер-кеба́б (dónɛr-kebáb) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Serbo-Croatian: донер кебаб — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Serbo-Croatian: донер ћевап — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Serbo-Croatian: doner kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Serbo-Croatian: doner ćevap — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Spanish: kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Spanish: doner kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Swedish: kebab — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Swedish: kebab med bröd — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Swedish: kebabrulle — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Thai: เดอแนร์ — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Turkish: döner kebap — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Turkish: döner — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Ukrainian: шаурма́ (šaurmá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Ukrainian: шаверма́ (šavermá) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Ukrainian: до́нер-кеба́б (dóner-kebáb) — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Uzbek: doner kabob — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita
  • Welsh: cebab doner — Turkish dish of grilled meat served with pita