Kebap
/kɛˈbɑːp/noun
A dish of meat, often grilled or roasted, served in pieces or on a skewer.
Did you know?English kebab ultimately comes through Turkish and Persian from Arabic, and the word’s journey shows how food terms can spread like cultural spells across the medieval world.
Etymological Timeline
Modern Turkish
Turkish
kebap
“roasted meat, kebab”
Ottoman Turkish
OTk
كباب (kebâb)
“roasted meat”
Arabic
Ar
كَبَاب (kabāb)
“roasted meat, grilled meat”
Persian
fa
کباب (kabāb)
“roasted meat”
Medieval Arabic root
Ar
ك ب ب (k-b-b)
“to roast, burn, or char meat”