cevapi
English
Alternative forms
- ćevapi
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćevapi / ћевапи, from Ottoman Turkish كباب (kebâp), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”). Doublet of kebab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛˈvɑːpi/
Noun
cevapi (usually uncountable, plural cevapis or cevapi)
- A Balkan food dish of minced meat.
- 2008 June 25, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times:
- The chef, Andreas Klironomos, is of Greek heritage, but he turns out gibanica (cheese in phyllo) and ćevapi (grilled minced meat).
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Related terms
- cevapcici
- ćevapčići
Translations
Balkan food dish
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