kebab

UK/kɪˈbæb/US/kəˈbɑb/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,962 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: kebabs

A kebab is grilled meat, often served in flatbread. A doner kebab, a shish kebab, order a kebab.

Shish means skewered and doner means turning, so the two common kinds are named for how they are cooked rather than what is in them. American spelling is kebob or kabob. In Britain the word means the late-night takeaway above all else.

Definitions of kebab

1nounkebabGrilled meat, often served in flatbread.B1+
“After the concert, we grabbed a lamb kebab from a stall near the station.”

kebab is a food.

Also accepted in games: gyro, shawarma

Where it comes from

Arabic kabab, roast meat, reaching English through Persian and Turkish kebap.

Turkish
kebap
Arabic
كَبَاب
English, today
kebab

Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب, partly through inc-hnd - (Hindi and Urdu -), pa -, Persian - and Turkish kebap. a doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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kebab in the wild

Although kebabs are typically cooked on a skewer over a fire, some kebab dishes are oven-baked in a pan, or prepared as a stew such as tas kebab.
Kebab
Shami kebab is eaten as a snack or an appetizer, and is served to guests especially in the regions of Bengal, Deccan, Punjab, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Sindh.
Shami kebab
Shish kofta (Turkish) is a type of kebab-style kofta dish in Turkish cuisine.
Shish kofta
Shish taouk or shish tawook is a marinated chicken shish kebab of Turkish, Armenian and Arab cuisine that has become part of broader Middle Eastern and Caucasian cuisine.
Shish taouk
Shish taouk is served in many kebab houses.
Shish taouk

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