doner kebab
/ˈdɒnə
/ /ˈdəʊnə /noun
A Turkish dish consisting of spiced lamb cooked on a spit and served in slices, typically with pitta bread.These stalls sell the Gulf version of doner kebab; vertical spit-roasted lamb pieces are sliced and served in some form of flatbread such as mafrooda or hollowed-out roll with tomato, parsley, and tahini dressing....
- You can still pick up a tasty doner kebab or chicken tikka kebab to go - and for a very reasonable price too.
- People everywhere in the city walk around munching on shawarma, a species of doner kebab: chicken or lamb sliced off a hot rotating cone, wrapped in either pitta or flat Georgia lavash and dipped in spicy yoghurt.
Origin
From Turkish döner kebap, from döner 'rotating' and kebap 'roast meat'.