cevapi
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćevapi / ћевапи, from Ottoman Turkish كباب (kebâp), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”). Compare kebab.
Pronunciation
Noun
cevapi (usually uncountable, plural cevapis or cevapi)
- 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).
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Translations
Balkan food dish
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