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shawarma

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Noun — A Middle Eastern dish of thin strips of roasted meat, such as lamb, chicken or beef, wrapped in flatbread.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, "something that is spun or turned over"), the verbal noun of چویرمك (çevirmek, "to turn over") (modern Turkish çevirme and çevirmek).

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