kebab

See also kébab

English

Wikipedia

some kebabs

Alternative forms

• kabob
• kebap

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كباب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /kəˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (RP) IPA: /kɪˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (GenAm) IPA: /kɪˈbɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

1. (UK) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit.
2. A shishkabob or any other food on a skewer.

Derived terms

• doner kebab
• kafta kebab
• shish kebab

Related terms

• kabob (US)

See also

• shashlik
• giros
• shawarma
• souvlaki
• suya

Translations

kebab

• Albanian: qebab (sq)
• Arabic: كباب‎ (ar) (kabaab) m
• Armenian: քյաբաբ (hy) (k'yabab) 
• Azeri: kabab (az)
• Bulgarian: кебапче (bg) (kebápče) n 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烤肉串 (cmn) (kǎoròu chuàn)

• Finnish: kebab (fi)
• French: kebab (fr) m, kebap (fr) m, kébab (fr) m
• Georgian: ქაბაბი (ka) (kababi) , მწვადი (ka) (mtsʼvadi) 
• Hebrew: קבב (he)
• Hindi: कबाब (hi) (kabāb) m
• Japanese: ケバブ (ja) (kebabu)
• Korean: 케밥 (ko) (kkebap)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: تکه‌ (ku)

• Macedonian: ќебап (mk) (ḱebap) m, ражнич (mk) (ražnić) m
• Malay: kebab (ms)
• Marathi: कबाब (mr) (kabāb) m
• Persian: کباب (fa) (kebâb)
• Russian: кебаб (ru) (kebáb) m , шашлык (ru) (šašlýk) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћевап (sh) m, кебаб (sh) m ражњићи (sh) m, ражњић (sh) m, шишћевапи (sh) m

  Roman: ćevap (sh) m, kebab (sh) m, ražnjići (sh) m pl, ražnjić (sh) m, šišćevapi (sh) m pl

• Slovene: ražnjič (sl) m
• Turkish: kebap (tr)
• Ukrainian: кебаб (uk) (kebáb) m , шашлик (uk) (šašlýk) m 
• Urdu: کباب (ur) (kabāb) m
• Uyghur: كاۋاپ (ug) (kawap)

Verb

kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.
2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Noun

kebab

1. kebab

Declension

Declension of kebab (type risti) singular plural nominative kebab kebabit genitive kebabin kebabien partitive kebabia kebabeja accusative kebab kebabin kebabit inessive kebabissa kebabeissa elative kebabista kebabeista illative kebabiin kebabeihin adessive kebabilla kebabeilla ablative kebabilta kebabeilta allative kebabille kebabeille essive kebabina kebabeina translative kebabiksi kebabeiksi instructive – kebabein abessive kebabitta kebabeitta comitative – kebabeineen

Synonyms

• (colloquial) kebbe

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French

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kə.bab/

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab.

Alternative forms

• kébab

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Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

1. kebab

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic or Persian کباب (kabāb, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /keːbɑb/, X-SAMPA: /ke:bAb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Noun

kebab m

1. kebab

Inflection

    Inflection of kebab

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	kebab	kebaben	kebaber	kebabene

Derived terms

• hvalkebab
• rullekebab

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic or Persian کباب (kabāb, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /keːbɑb/, X-SAMPA: /ke:bAb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Noun

kebab m

1. kebab

Inflection

    Inflection of kebab

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	kebab	kebaben	kebabar	kebabane

Derived terms

• kvalkebab
• rullekebab

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Swedish

Noun

kebab c

1. a kebab

Declension

Declension of kebab

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kebab	kebaben	kebaber	kebaberna
genitive	kebabs	kebabens	kebabers	kebabernas

Related terms

• kebabbröd
• kebabkött
• kebabpizza
• kebabrulle