different between kebab vs tandoori

English

Alternative forms

• kabaab, kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (kab?b), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /k??bæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??bæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??b?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

1. (Britain) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
3. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
4. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
5. (slang, vulgar, Britain) The vulva.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
   • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle (page 32)

     I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.

See also

• gyros
• shashlik
• shawarma
• souvlaki
• suya

References

Further reading

• kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kebab at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Noun

kebab m

1. kebab (dish, whether shish kebab or donner kebab)

Related terms

• šiškebab

Further reading

• kebab in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b?p/
• Hyphenation: ke?bab
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

kebab m (uncountable)

1. kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. doner kebab

Derived terms

• kebabtent
• kebabzaak

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?keb?b/, [?ke?b?b]
• Rhymes: -eb?b
• Syllabification: ke?bab

Noun

kebab

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Synonyms

• (colloquial) kebbe

French

Alternative forms

• kébab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.bab/

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

• “kebab” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (kab?b), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kabab- (“to burn, to roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??bap?]
• Hyphenation: kê?bab

Noun

kebab (first-person possessive kebabku, second-person possessive kebabmu, third-person possessive kebabnya)

1. (cooking) kebab.

Alternative forms

• kabab

Further reading

• “kebab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?bab/
• Hyphenation: ke?bàb

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?b?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebaber, definite plural kebabene)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

• hvalkebab
• rullekebab

References

• “kebab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?b?b/, /ke?b??b/ (example of pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebabar, definite plural kebabane)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

• kvalkebab
• rullekebab

References

• “kebab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.bap/

Noun

kebab m inan

1. doner kebab
2. (colloquial, metonymically) A restaurant or bar that serves this food.

Usage notes

The incorrect genitive singular form kebaba is extremely common.

Declension

Noun

kebab m pers

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Muslim person, especially of Turkish descent

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) kebs

Further reading

• kebab in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kebab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?bab/, [ke???a??]

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab c

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??????? (tand?r?, “tandoori”), from ?????? (tand?r, “tandoor”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tæn?d??i/, /t?n?d??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tæn?d???i/, /tæn?d???i/

Adjective

tandoori (not comparable)

1. (of food) Cooked in a tandoor.

Noun

tandoori (plural tandooris)

1. (of food) A dish that was cooked in a tandoor.

Related terms

• tandoor

Translations

Anagrams

• Tooradin