shish taouk

English
grilled skewered chicken cubes

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪʃ tæ.uːk/

Etymology 1

Turkish şiş (“skewer”) +‎ tavuk (“hen”)

Noun

shish taouk (usually uncountable, plural shish taouks)

  1. Skewered chicken cubes that are grilled.

Etymology 2
shish taouk (Quebec-style chicken shawarma) platter

Coined by Abdallah Akkouche, of the Basha restaurant chain.[1] See Etymology 1 above for the root words.

Noun

shish taouk (usually uncountable, plural shish taouks)

  1. (Quebec) Chicken shawarma, as a platter or as a pita sandwich.
Translations

References
  1. Brownstein, Bill (2005 October 26) “Shushed on shish”, in The Gazette‎, Montreal: Canwest, archived from the original on 6 January 2010

French
shish taouk (Quebec-style chicken shawarma) platter

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiʃ ta.uk/
  • Audio (CAN)(file)

Noun

shish taouk m (plural shish taouks)

  1. (Quebec) shish taouk, chicken shawarma, as a plate or a pita sandwich

See also
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