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- Turkish · borrowed fromdöner kebap
- English todaydoner kebab
From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
doner kebab
Today it means: A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread. Full definition →
Turkish döner kebap