shawarma

[shuh-wawr-muh]

noun

(in Middle Eastern cuisine)
1. roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit.
2. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.

Also shwar·ma [shwawr-muh] /ˈʃwɔr mə/.

Origin of shawarma

1950–55; < Levantine Arabic shāwurma, shāwirma, from Turkish çevirme “turn, rotation, meat roasted on a spit,” from çevirmek “to turn, rotate”

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