shawarma

noun

sha·​war·​ma shä-ˈwȯr-mə How to pronounce shawarma (audio) ˈshwȯr-mə How to pronounce shawarma (audio)
: a sandwich especially of sliced lamb or chicken, vegetables, and often tahini wrapped in pita bread

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Beef shawarma wrapped in laffa: 52.3 million (that’s more than the entire population of South Korea). Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Chunk it up and mix it into a pot pie; sauté shredded bits in a shawarma spice and stuff them into a pita; simmer it for hours in a kicky turkey chili, then freeze half the batch for a future cold winter’s eve. Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2024 Global flavors collide, with tiny restaurants and food stalls slinging plates of biryani, falafel, shawarma, samosas, pani puri and the even Filipino halo halo. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 Oct. 2024 Hallock profiled Han, whose TikTok post for his beef shawarma wrapped in laffa generated 52.3 million views. Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shawarma 

Word History

Etymology

Levantine Arabic shāwurma sliced lamb on a skewer, from Turkish çevirme, literally, turn, rotation, from çevir- turn

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shawarma was in 1953

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“Shawarma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shawarma. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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