cevapi

English

Alternative forms

• ćevapi

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćevapi / ћевапи, from Ottoman Turkish كباب (kebâp), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”). Doublet of kebab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛˈvɑːpi/

Noun

cevapi (usually uncountable, plural cevapis or cevapi)

1. A Balkan food dish of minced meat.
   • 2008 June 25, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The chef, Andreas Klironomos, is of Greek heritage, but he turns out gibanica (cheese in phyllo) and ćevapi (grilled minced meat).

Related terms

• cevapcici
• ćevapčići

Translations

Balkan food dish

• Finnish: ćevapčići, ćevapi (fi)
• Polish: czewapcziczi (pl) n