Etymology

souvlaki

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Today it means: A Greek fast food consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer, variously also called kalamaki or kebab or, in sandwich form, gyro or shawarma. Full definition →

Greek σουβλάκι
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  1. Greek · derived fromσουβλάκι
  2. English todaysouvlaki

From Greek σουβλάκι (souvláki).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.