xauarma

Catalan

Alternative forms

shawarma, shaurma, shawirma, shoarma, shwarma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “spinning, rotating”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈwar.mə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ʃaˈwaɾ.ma]

Noun

xauarma m (plural xauarmes)

shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

shawarma

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “spinning, rotating”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/ [ʃaˈwaɦ.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaʁ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɻ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈwaɾ.mɐ/

Noun

xauarma m or f (plural xauarmas)

shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

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