How to say "shawarma" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningshawarma
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَاوِرْمَا
shāwirmāשאורמא
شاورما
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שווארמה
shawarmaشَاوَارْمَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew שווארמה and Arabic shāwirmā are both loans of the same word, from Turkish çevirme, 'turning' — the meat turning slowly on a vertical spit. Greek names the same dish gyros, 'turn', and Turkish itself also says döner, 'turning': three languages, one rotisserie idea.
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In a phrase
شَاوِرْمَا دَجَاج
shāwirmā dajājשאורמא דג'אג'chicken shawarma