shawarma

English

shawarma, as a pita sandwich

Alternative forms

• schwarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), verbal noun of چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”) (modern Turkish çevirme and çevirmek).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈwɑɹmə/ (compare shwarma)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

shawarma (usually uncountable, plural shawarmas)

1. A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.

Translations

Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap

• Arabic: شَاوِرْمَا f (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا f (šāwarmā)
• Armenian: շաուրմա (hy) (šaurma), Ղարսի խորոված (Ġarsi xorovac), (colloquial) ղարս (ġars)
• Azerbaijani: şavarma, şaurma
• Belarusian: шаўрма́ f (šawrmá), шавэ́рма f (šavérma)
• Bengali: শর্মা (bn) (śorma)
• Catalan: xauarma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙威瑪 / 沙威玛 (zh) (shāwēimǎ)

• Chuvash: ҫавӑрма (śavărma)
• Dutch: shoarma (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝavarmo
• Finnish: shawarma (fi)
• French: chawarma (fr) m, shawarma (fr) m
• Georgian: შაურმა (šaurma), შავერმა (šaverma)
• German: Schawarma f
• Greek: γύρος (el) m (gýros), σαουαρμά f (saouarmá)
• Hebrew: שווארמה / שׁוּאַרְמָה (he) f (shuarma), שוורמה f (shavarma)
• Hindi: शावरमा m (śāvarmā)
• Japanese: ギロピタ (giropita), シャワルマ (shawaruma)
• Kazakh: шауырма (şauyrma)
• Korean: 샤와르마 (syawareuma)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şawirme (ku), doner (ku)

• Malay: shawarma
• Marathi: शोर्मा m (śormā)
• Persian: شاوَرْما (šâvarmâ)
• Polish: szawarma f, szoarma f
• Portuguese: xauarma (pt) m
• Romanian: șaorma (ro) f
• Russian: шаурма́ (ru) f (šaurmá), шаве́рма (ru) f (šavérma), шаверма́ (ru) f (šavermá), шаварма́ (ru) f (šavarmá), до́нер-кеба́б m (dónɛr-kebáb)
• Spanish: shawarma (es) m
• Swedish: shawarma c
• Tatar: чөермә (çöyermä)
• Turkish: çevirme (tr), döner (tr), şavurma
• Ukrainian: шаурма́ f (šaurmá), шаве́рма f (šavérma)
• Urdu: شاوَرْما m (śāvarmā)
• Uyghur: شاۋارما (shawarma)
• Uzbek: shauarma
• Yiddish: שוואַרמע f (shvarme), שאַוואַרמאַ (shavarma)

See also

• doner kebab
• gyro
• kebab
• shish taouk
• souvlaki

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), Derived from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕaˈwɑːma], [ɕaˈvɑːma]

Noun

shawarma c (singular definite shawarmaen, plural indefinite shawarmaer)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Inflection

Declension of shawarma

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shawarma	shawarmaen	shawarmaer	shawarmaerne
genitive	shawarmas	shawarmaens	shawarmaers	shawarmaernes

French

Alternative forms

• chawarma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.waʁ.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

shawarma m (plural shawarmas)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɻ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.ma/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/

Noun

shawarma m or f (plural shawarmas)

1. alternative spelling of xauarma

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈw̝aɾma/ [ʃaˈw̝ar.ma]
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma

Noun

shawarma m (plural shawarmas)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Swedish

Noun

shawarma c

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Declension

Declension of shawarma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	shawarma	shawarmas
	definite	shawarman	shawarmans
plural	indefinite	shawarmor	shawarmors
	definite	shawarmorna	shawarmornas

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾma/ [ʃɐˈwaɾ.mɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sjaˈwaɾma/ [sjɐˈwaɾ.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: sha‧war‧ma

Noun

shawarma (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜏᜇ᜔ᜋ)

1. shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)