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==Etymology==
==Etymology==


''Shish kebab'' is an English rendering of ''{{lang-tr|şiş}}'' (sword or skewer) and {{lang-tr|kebap}} (roasted meat dish).<ref name="OED">{{cite OED2|shish kebab}}</ref>
The word ''{{Linktext|kebab}}'' came to English in the late 17th century, from the {{lang-ar|كَبَاب}} (''kabāb''), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish.<ref name="Oxford">{{Cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kebab |title=kebab - definition of kebab in English |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref> In Persian, the word is borrowed from Arabic.<ref name="Persian Dictionary">{{Cite web |url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?p.5:47.steingass |title=A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature |last=Steingass |first=Francis Joseph |page=1011 |year=1892 |accessdate=August 3, 2017 |publisher=London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited}}</ref> According to [[Sevan Nişanyan]], an etymologist of the Turkish language, the Turkish word ''kebap'' is also derived from the Arabic word ''kabāb'', meaning roasted meat.<ref name="Online">Nişanyan Sevan, Sözlerin Soyağacı, Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü, [http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=kebap Online], [http://www.alfakitap.com/kitap.asp?id=47&kitapID=3988 Book]</ref>


The word ''kebab'' came to English in the late 17th century, from the {{lang-ar|كَبَاب}} (''kabāb''), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish.<ref name="Oxford">{{Cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kebab |title=kebab - definition of kebab in English |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref> However, the earliest known use of ''shish kebab'' in English is 1914, from the novel [[Our Mr. Wrenn]], in a passage describing a meal in an Armenian restaurant in New York City.<ref name="OED"/>
Shish kebab is an English rendering of [[Turkish language|Turkish]]:&nbsp;''şiş a [[skewer]]''. {{Linktext|''kebab''}} comes from Persian which may in turn have been derived from old [[Akkadian language]], and "kbabā/כבבא" in [[Aramaic]].<ref name="Online">Nişanyan Sevan, Sözlerin Soyağacı, Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü, [http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=kebap Online], [http://www.alfakitap.com/kitap.asp?id=47&kitapID=3988 Book]</ref> {{lang|fa|كَبَاب}} (''kabāb''), which partially spread around the world through Arabic and Turkish. According to [[Sevan Nişanyan]], an etymologist of the Turkish language, the word ''kebab'' is derived from the Persian word "kabab" meaning "fry". The word was first mentioned in a Turkish script of Kyssa-i Yusuf in 1377, which is the oldest known Turkish source where ''kebab'' is mentioned as a food. However, he emphasizes that the word has the equivalent meaning of "frying/burning" with "kabābu" in the old [[Akkadian language]], and "kbabā/כבבא" in [[Aramaic]].<ref name="Online">Nişanyan Sevan, Sözlerin Soyağacı, Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü, [http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=kebap Online], [http://www.alfakitap.com/kitap.asp?id=47&kitapID=3988 Book]</ref> The [[American Heritage Dictionary]] also gives a probable East Semitic root origin with the meaning of "burn", "char", or "roast", from the Aramaic and Akkadian.<ref name="Semitic Roots">{{cite web| url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/semitic.html| title=Appendix II - Semitic Roots| author=The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries| date=| website=American Heritage Dictionary| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt| accessdate=June 5, 2016 }}</ref> These words point to an origin in the prehistoric [[Proto-Afroasiatic language]]: ''*kab-'', to burn or roast.<ref name="Orel Stolbova">{{cite book| author1=[[Vladimir Orel]]| author2=Olga V. Stolbova| title=Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction| publisher=[[E. J. Brill]]| year=1995| isbn=9004100512| pages=307}}</ref>


==Seekh kebab==
==Seekh kebab==

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Shish kebab with "şehriyeli pilav" (orzo pilaf), onions with sumac, a grilled pepper, a slice of tomato (also grilled) and rucula leaves.

Shish kebab (Turkish: şiş kebap; Persian/Mazandarani: شیش کباب, shish kebab) or Seekh kebab (Urdu: سیخ کباب) is a popular meal of skewered and grilled cubes of meat.[1] It is similar to a dish called shashlik, which is found in the Caucasus region.[2]

It is generally made of lamb (kuzu şiş)[3] but there are also versions with beef or veal (dana şiş), swordfish (kılıç şiş)[4] and chicken meat (tavuk şiş or şiş tavuk). In Turkey, shish kebab and the vegetables served with it are grilled separately, normally not on the same skewer.[5]

While shish kebab is often referred to in English as simply kebab, that term can also refer to a wide variety of different grilled meat dishes.

Etymology

Shish kebab is an English rendering of Turkish: şiş (sword or skewer) and Turkish: kebap (roasted meat dish).[6]

The word kebab came to English in the late 17th century, from the Arabic: كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish.[7] However, the earliest known use of shish kebab in English is 1914, from the novel Our Mr. Wrenn, in a passage describing a meal in an Armenian restaurant in New York City.[6]

Seekh kebab

Seekh kebab

A South Asian variation prepared with minced meat with spices and grilled on skewers. It is cooked in a Tandoor, and is often served with chutneys or mint sauce. It is often included in tandoori sampler platters, which contain a variety of tandoor cooked dishes. A seekh kebab can also be served in a naan bread much like döner kebab.

Variations of shish kebab

Şiş tavuk
Kuzu şiş (Lamb shish kebab)

See also

References

  1. ^ John Ayto (18 October 2012). The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink. OUP Oxford. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-19-964024-9.
  2. ^ Davidson, Allen, "The Oxford Companion to Food", p.442.
  3. ^ Ozcan Ozan (13 December 2013). The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-1-4629-0639-0.
  4. ^ Mimi Sheraton (13 January 2015). 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 1090–. ISBN 978-0-7611-8306-8.
  5. ^ Steven Raichlen (28 May 2008). The Barbecue! Bible 10th Anniversary Edition. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-0-7611-5957-5.
  6. ^ a b "shish kebab". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989.
  7. ^ "kebab - definition of kebab in English". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
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