Kabob
/kəˈbɑːb/noun
Pieces of meat, seafood, or vegetables cooked on a skewer or spit.
Did you know?English kabob comes through Turkish and Arabic from Persian, where related forms referred to roasting meat on a spit, showing how food words can carry the history of empires and kitchens.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰew-
“to cook, roast, boil”
Middle Persian
Persian
kabāb
“roasted meat”
Arabic
Arabic
kabāb
“roasted meat, grilled meat”
Turkish
Turkish
kebap
“roasted meat”
18th-19th Century
English
kabob
“a dish of meat roasted on a skewer”