Döner
/ˈdɜːnər/noun
A dish of seasoned meat roasted on a vertical rotating spit and served in slices, often in bread or a wrap.
Did you know?The name comes from the Turkish verb dönmek, “to turn,” describing the meat’s continuous rotation on its vertical spit.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic
Proto-Turkic
*tön-
“To turn or rotate; reconstructed ancestor of the Turkish root.”
Old Anatolian Turkish
Old Turkish
dön-
“To turn, return, or revolve.”
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
döner
“Turning or rotating; the present participle of dönmek, “to turn.””
19th Century
Turkish
döner kebabı
““Turning kebab,” referring to meat roasting while rotating on a vertical spit.”
20th Century
English
doner kebab
“A Turkish-style rotating-spit meat dish adopted into English culinary vocabulary.”
Modern English
English
döner
“The shortened English form for the dish, especially common in British and European usage.”