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كباب

Meaning

kebab

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈbaːb/

The root ك ب ب (k b b) appears to include various meanings of “rolling over”. But according to Nişanyan, borrowed from Aramaic: compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כבבא (kbbʾ, “roasting of meat”), כיבה (kybʾ, “perhaps roasted meat”), which are from the verb כבב (kbb, “to burn, roast”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kabab- (“to burn, to roast”), whence also Akkadian 𒅗𒁀𒁍 (/⁠kabābu⁠/, “to burn”).