How to say "kebab" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningkebab
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَبَاب
kabābכבאב
كباب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קבב
kababكَابَاب
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Neither language grew this one natively — Persian kabāb, 'roasted meat', reached Arabic as kabāb and Hebrew as קבב along much the same route, most likely by way of Turkish kebap.
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In a phrase
كَبَاب مَشْوِيّ
kabāb mashwīכבאב משויgrilled kebab