doner kebab

Meaning

A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.

Synonyms

gyro

kebab

🥙

donair

Translations

kebap

🥙

γύρος

kebab

🥙

Döner

kébab

döner

kebap

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/

Etymology

From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”)