Catalan

Alternative forms

• shawarma
• shaurma
• shawirma
• shoarma
• shwarma

Noun

xauarma m ‎(plural xauarmes)

1. shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا ‎(šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] ‎(çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), from [script needed] ‎(çevirmek, “to turn over”).

Noun

xauarma f (plural xauarmas)

1. shawarma (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)