چویرمه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

چویرمه • (çevirme)

turned; turned over
turned on a spit

Descendants

→ Arabic: شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā)
- → Catalan: xauarma, shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
- → English: shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma
- → French: shawarma, chawarma
- → Japanese: シャーワルマー (shāwarumā)
- → Portuguese: xauarma, shawarma
- → Russian: шаурма (šaurma), шаверма́ (šavermá), шаварма́ (šavarmá), шавурма́ (šavurmá)
  - → Armenian: շաուրմա (šaurma)
  - → Georgian: შაურმა (šaurma), შავერმა (šaverma), შვარმა (švarma), შოარმა (šoarma)
→ Armenian: չէվիրմէ (čʻēvirmē, “a kind of sweet”)

Noun

چویرمه • (çevirme)

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

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