Kebab
/kəˈbɑːb/noun
A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer or spit.
Did you know?The word 'kebab' is believed to have originated from the Arabic word for 'to roast,' linking it to ancient culinary rituals of fire and transformation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Semitic
*kbb
“to roast or grill over an open flame.”
Arabic
Arabic
كباب (kabāb)
“meat that is roasted or grilled.”
Persian
Persian
کباب (kabāb)
“roasted meat, often skewered.”
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
کباب (kebap)
“a method of cooking meat over a fire.”
19th Century
English
kebab
“borrowed from Turkish, used to refer to various grilled meat dishes.”