چویرمه

چویرمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چویرمك‎‎ (çevirmek, “to turn over”).

Adjective

چویرمه • (çevirme)

1. turned; turned over
2. turned on a spit

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاوِرْمَا‎ (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا‎ (šāwarmā)
  • → Catalan: xauarma
  • → English: shawarma
  • → Portuguese: xauarma
  • → Russian: шаурма (šaurma)
    • → Armenian: շաուրմա (šaurma)
• → Armenian: չէվիրմէ (čʿēvirmē, “a kind of sweet”)

Noun

چویرمه • (çevirme)

1. turning

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “چویرمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “چویرمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741