kebab

See also: kébab

English

some kebabs

Alternative forms

• kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. See the Arabic entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• IPA^(key): /kɪˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɑb/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

1. (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
3. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
4. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
5. (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.

Derived terms

• doner kebab
• kafta kebab
• seekh kebab
• shish kebab

 

Translations

kebab

• Albanian: qebab m
• Arabic: كَبَاب m (kabāb)
• Armenian: քյաբաբ (hy) (kʻyabab)
• Azerbaijani: kabab (az)
• Belarusian: кеба́б m (kjebáb), шашлы́к m (šašlýk)
• Bengali: কাবাব (kabab)
• Bulgarian: кеба́пче n (kebápče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烤肉串 (kǎoròu chuàn), 串燒／串烧 (zh) (chuànshāo), 串烧 (zh) (chuànshāo)

• Czech: kebab (cs) m
• Finnish: kebab (fi)
• French: kebab (fr) m, kebap m, kébab (fr) m
• Galician: kebab (gl) m
• Georgian: ქაბაბი (kababi), მწვადი (mc̣vadi)
• German: Kebab (de) m, Kebap (de) m, Fleischspieß m (skewered meat), Döner (de) m (doner kebab)
• Greek: κεμπάπ (el) n (kempáp)
• Hebrew: קַבָּבּ (he) m, כַּבַּבּ (he) m
• Hindi: कबाब (hi) m (kabāb)
• Hungarian: gírosz (hu)
• Indonesian: kebab (id)
• Japanese: ケバブ (kebabu), 串焼き (kushiyaki)
• Kazakh: кәуап (käuap)
• Korean: 케밥 (kebap)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Kyrgyz: кебеп (kebep)
• Lezgi: кабаб (kabab)
• Lithuanian: kebabas m
• Macedonian: ќебап m (ḱebap), ражнич m (ražnič)
• Malay: kebab
• Marathi: कबाब m (kabāb)
• Persian: کباب (fa) (kabâb)
• Polish: kebab (pl) m
• Portuguese: kebab m
• Russian: кеба́б (ru) m (kebáb), шашлы́к (ru) m (šašlýk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћѐва̄п m, кѐбаб m ражњићи m, ра̀жњић m, шишћевапи m

  Roman: ćèvāp (sh) m, kèbab (sh) m, ražnjići (sh) m pl, ràžnjić (sh) m, šišćevapi m pl

• Slovene: ražnjič m
• Spanish: kebab (es) m
• Swahili: mshikaki
• Swedish: kebab (sv) c
• Tajik: кабоб (tg) (kabob)
• Tatar: кәбаб (käbab)
• Turkish: kebap (tr)
• Turkmen: kebob
• Ukrainian: кеба́б m (kebáb), шашли́к m (šašlýk)
• Urdu: کباب m (kabāb)
• Uyghur: كاۋاپ (ug) (kawap)
• Uzbek: kabob (uz)

Verb

1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
   • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle (page 32)

     I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.

See also

• gyros
• shashlik
• shawarma
• souvlaki
• suya

Further reading

• “kebab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Czech

Noun

1. kebab (dish, whether shish kebab or donner kebab)

Related terms

• šiškebab

Further reading

• Template:R:ASCS

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Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkebɑb/, [ˈk̟e̞bɑ̝b]

Noun

kebab

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Inflection of kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kebab	kebabit
genitive		kebabin	kebabien
partitive		kebabia	kebabeja
illative		kebabiin	kebabeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kebab	kebabit
accusative	nom.	kebab	kebabit
	gen.	kebabin
genitive		kebabin	kebabien
partitive		kebabia	kebabeja
inessive		kebabissa	kebabeissa
elative		kebabista	kebabeista
illative		kebabiin	kebabeihin
adessive		kebabilla	kebabeilla
ablative		kebabilta	kebabeilta
allative		kebabille	kebabeille
essive		kebabina	kebabeina
translative		kebabiksi	kebabeiksi
abessive		kebabitta	kebabeitta
instructive		—	kebabein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kebabini kebabini accusative nom. kebabini kebabini gen. kebabini genitive kebabini kebabieni partitive kebabiani kebabejani inessive kebabissani kebabeissani elative kebabistani kebabeistani illative kebabiini kebabeihini adessive kebabillani kebabeillani ablative kebabiltani kebabeiltani allative kebabilleni kebabeilleni essive kebabinani kebabeinani translative kebabikseni kebabeikseni abessive kebabittani kebabeittani instructive — — comitative — kebabeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kebabisi kebabisi accusative nom. kebabisi kebabisi gen. kebabisi genitive kebabisi kebabiesi partitive kebabiasi kebabejasi inessive kebabissasi kebabeissasi elative kebabistasi kebabeistasi illative kebabiisi kebabeihisi adessive kebabillasi kebabeillasi ablative kebabiltasi kebabeiltasi allative kebabillesi kebabeillesi essive kebabinasi kebabeinasi translative kebabiksesi kebabeiksesi abessive kebabittasi kebabeittasi instructive — — comitative — kebabeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kebabimme kebabimme accusative nom. kebabimme kebabimme gen. kebabimme genitive kebabimme kebabiemme partitive kebabiamme kebabejamme inessive kebabissamme kebabeissamme elative kebabistamme kebabeistamme illative kebabiimme kebabeihimme adessive kebabillamme kebabeillamme ablative kebabiltamme kebabeiltamme allative kebabillemme kebabeillemme essive kebabinamme kebabeinamme translative kebabiksemme kebabeiksemme abessive kebabittamme kebabeittamme instructive — — comitative — kebabeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kebabinne kebabinne accusative nom. kebabinne kebabinne gen. kebabinne genitive kebabinne kebabienne partitive kebabianne kebabejanne inessive kebabissanne kebabeissanne elative kebabistanne kebabeistanne illative kebabiinne kebabeihinne adessive kebabillanne kebabeillanne ablative kebabiltanne kebabeiltanne allative kebabillenne kebabeillenne essive kebabinanne kebabeinanne translative kebabiksenne kebabeiksenne abessive kebabittanne kebabeittanne instructive — — comitative — kebabeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kebabinsa kebabinsa accusative nom. kebabinsa kebabinsa gen. kebabinsa genitive kebabinsa kebabiensa partitive kebabiaan kebabiansa kebabejaan kebabejansa inessive kebabissaan kebabissansa kebabeissaan kebabeissansa elative kebabistaan kebabistansa kebabeistaan kebabeistansa illative kebabiinsa kebabeihinsa adessive kebabillaan kebabillansa kebabeillaan kebabeillansa ablative kebabiltaan kebabiltansa kebabeiltaan kebabeiltansa allative kebabilleen kebabillensa kebabeilleen kebabeillensa essive kebabinaan kebabinansa kebabeinaan kebabeinansa translative kebabikseen kebabiksensa kebabeikseen kebabeiksensa abessive kebabittaan kebabittansa kebabeittaan kebabeittansa instructive — — comitative — kebabeineen kebabeinensa

Synonyms

• (colloquial) kebbe

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French

Alternative forms

• kébab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.bab/

• Audio:

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Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

• “kebab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbab/, [keˈbäb]
• Hyphenation: ke‧bàb

Noun

kebab m (uncountable)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keːbɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebaber, definite plural kebabene)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

• hvalkebab
• rullekebab

References

• “kebab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keːbɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebabar, definite plural kebabane)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

• kvalkebab
• rullekebab

References

• “kebab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.bap/

Noun

kebab m inan

1. doner kebab
2. (colloquial, metonymically) restaurant or bar that serves this food

Usage notes

The incorrect genitive singular form kebaba is extremely common.

Declension

Declension of kebab

	singular	plural
nominative	kebab	kebaby
genitive	kebabu	kebabów
dative	kebabowi	kebabom
accusative	kebab	kebaby
instrumental	kebabem	kebabami
locative	kebabie	kebabach
vocative	kebabie	kebaby

Noun

1. (ethnic slur) Muslim person, especially of Turkish descent

Declension

Declension of kebab

	singular	plural
nominative	kebab	kebaby
genitive	kebaba	kebabów
dative	kebabowi	kebabom
accusative	kebaba	kebaby
instrumental	kebabem	kebabami
locative	kebabie	kebabach
vocative	kebabie	kebaby

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

kebab m (plural s)

1. kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbab/ [keˈβ̞aβ̞]

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kebab c

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Declension of kebab
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kebab	kebaben	kebaber	kebaberna
Genitive	kebabs	kebabens	kebabers	kebabernas

Related terms

Related terms

• kebabbröd
• kebabkött

• kebabpizza
• kebabrulle