cevapi

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/t͡ʃɛˈvɑːpi/

noun

A Balkan food dish of minced meat.

OriginSerbo-Croatian ćevapi ← Ottoman Turkish كباب ← Arabic كَبَاب →
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Meanings

nouncevapi (usually uncountable, plural cevapis or cevapi)

plural cevapis · alternative ćevapi

  1. uncountableusuallyA Balkan food dish of minced meat.

    The chef, Andreas Klironomos, is of Greek heritage, but he turns out gibanica (cheese in phyllo) and ćevapi (grilled minced meat).

    2008 June 25, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Persianکباب“fried meat”
  2. Arabicكَبَاب
  3. Ottoman Turkishكباب
  4. Serbo-Croatianćevapi
  5. Englishcevapi

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćevapi / ћевапи, from Ottoman Turkish كباب (kebâp), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”). Doublet of kebab.

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Translations

Finnish ćevapčići, ćevapi
  • ćevapčićiBalkan food dish
  • ćevapiBalkan food dish
Hindi चेवापी
  • चेवापी (cevāpī)Balkan food dish
Polish czewapcziczi
  • czewapczicziBalkan food dish
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APA

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Chicago

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