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doner kebab

/ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
don-er ke-bab
IPA
/ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/
  • British English: /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doner kebabs (plural) döner kebab (alternative) doner kebap (alternative) döner kebap (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

gyro

Questions

How do you pronounce doner kebab?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/.
What does doner kebab mean?
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.
Where does doner kebab come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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