shawarma

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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).

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Arabic: شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Armenian: շաուրմա (šaurma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Armenian: Ղարսի խորոված (Ġarsi xorovac) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Armenian: ղարս (ġars) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Azerbaijani: şavarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Azerbaijani: şaurma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Belarusian: шаўрма́ (šawrmá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Belarusian: шавэ́рма (šavérma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Bengali: শর্মা (śorma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Catalan: xauarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Chinese Mandarin: 沙威瑪 /沙威玛 (shāwēimǎ) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Chuvash: ҫавӑрма (śavărma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Dutch: shoarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Esperanto: ŝavarmo — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Finnish: shawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• French: chawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• French: shawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Georgian: შაურმა (šaurma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Georgian: შავერმა (šaverma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• German: Schawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Greek: γύρος (gýros) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Greek: σαουαρμά (saouarmá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Hebrew: שווארמה — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Hebrew: שׁוּאַרְמָה (shuarma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Hebrew: שוורמה (shavarma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Hindi: शावरमा (śāvarmā) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Japanese: ギロピタ (giropita) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Japanese: シャワルマ (shawaruma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Kazakh: шауырма (şauyrma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Korean: 샤와르마 (syawareuma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Northern Kurdish: şawirme — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Northern Kurdish: doner — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Malay: shawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Marathi: शोर्मा (śormā) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Iranian Persian: شاوَرْما (šâvarmâ) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Polish: szawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Polish: szoarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Portuguese: xauarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Romanian: șaorma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Russian: шаурма́ (šaurmá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Russian: шаве́рма (šavérma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Russian: шаверма́ (šavermá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Russian: шаварма́ (šavarmá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Russian: до́нер-кеба́б (dónɛr-kebáb) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Spanish: shawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Swedish: shawarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Tatar: чөермә (çöyermä) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Turkish: çevirme — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Turkish: döner — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Turkish: şavurma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Ukrainian: шаурма́ (šaurmá) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Ukrainian: шаве́рма (šavérma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Urdu: شاوَرْما (śāvarmā) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Uyghur: شاۋارما (shawarma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Uzbek: shauarma — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Yiddish: שוואַרמע (shvarme) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap
• Yiddish: שאַוואַרמאַ (shavarma) — Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap