Seekh
/siːk/noun
A skewer used for cooking kebabs, especially in South Asian cuisine.
Did you know?Seekh entered English mainly through the culinary expression “seekh kebab,” while its close relative “shish” traveled through Turkish into global food vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Middle Persian
Middle Persian
sēkh
“A pointed spit or skewer”
Classical Persian
Persian
sīkh
“A skewer or spit used for roasting”
Medieval period
Hindi-Urdu
sīkh
“A cooking skewer”
20th Century
South Asian English
seekh kebab
“Kebab cooked on a skewer”
Modern English
English
seekh
“A skewer, especially one used for kebabs”