doner kebab

/ ˈdɒnə /

noun

a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doner kebab¹

from Turkish döner rotating + _kebab

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A Turkish attempt to force kebab shops in the EU to adhere to strict rules on how to make a doner kebab has been withdrawn.

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Soner Cagaptay cites the example of a doner kebab seller, slicing meat on a spit.

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Christine and Paul Boyle's award-winning pie has a doner kebab filling made from chicken, beef and a chilli marinade with a sweet chilli sauce.

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In East Ham, the jury was told the couple went to a German Doner Kebab restaurant, and Mr Gordon went off to buy a buggy suitable for a toddler.

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Later in a German Doner Kebab restaurant in East Ham, the baby girl can be seen moving her arms while Ms Marten assembles a buggy that Mark Gordon had just bought in Argos.

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