shish kebab

See also: shishkebab

English

American-style shish kebab on a barbecue

Etymology

From Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş (“skewer”) + kebap (“kebab”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌʃɪʃkəˈbæb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪʃkəbɑb/

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Noun

shish kebab (countable and uncountable, plural shish kebabs)

1. A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.
   • 1981, Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, page 149:

     “That’s terrible,” Mel said. “That’s a terrible thing, Nicky. I guess they’d just lay there and wait until somebody came along and made a shish kebab out of them.”

2. (chemistry, countable) A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab).
   • 1968, A. J. Pennings, Liquid-Crystal Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions, from Characterization of Macromolecular Structure, proceedings of a conference April 5–7, 1967, Warrenton, Virginia, page 219:

     The fibrillar crystals, which are known as shish-kebabs, develop when a 0.5% solution of polyethylene in xylene is cooled off at the rate of 1°C per hour with stirring…

   • 2007, Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Steve L. Kodjie, and Christopher Y. Li, Polyolefin Composites, ed. Domasius Nwabunma and Thein Kyu, chapter 18 Crystallization Behavior of Polyethylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites, section 18.3.1 PE/CNT Nanohybrid Shish-Kebabs Via Solution Crystallization, page 528:

     A shish-kebab polymer crystal usually consists of a central fibril (shish) and disk-shaped folded-chain lamellae (kebab) oriented perpendicularly to the shish as shown in Fig. 18.3a.

   • 2013, Wenbing Hu, Polymer Physics: A Molecular Approach, section 10.3 Crystalline Structures of Polymers, page 207:

     Such a shish-kebab-like crystal morphology is often called shish-kebab crystals.

Alternative forms

• shishkebab, shish kabob, shish kebob, shishkabob, shish kabab, shishkebob

Related terms

• kafta kebab
• seekh kebab

Translations

roasted meat

• Armenian: խորոված (hy) (xorovac)
• Catalan: xix kebab m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中東烤肉／中东烤肉 (zhōngdōng kǎoròu)

• Czech: šiškebab m
• Dutch: shish kebab, kebab (nl), sjaslik?, sjasliek (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝaŝliko
• Estonian: šašlõkk (et)
• Finnish: shish kebab
• French: chichekébab (fr) m
• German: schisch kebab n
• Greek: σις κεμπάπ n (sis kempáp)
• Indonesian: sate (id) (but this is usually smaller and lacks vegetables)
• Japanese: 焼き鳥 (ja) (やきとり, yakitori)
• Korean: 시시 케밥 (sisi kebap)
• Macedonian: шиш-ќебап n (šiš-ḱebap)
• Persian: شیش کباب sg (šiš kabâb)
• Polish: szaszłyk (pl) m
• Romanian: șiș chebap f
• Russian: шашлы́к (ru) m (šašlýk), шиш-кеба́б m (šiš-kebáb)
• Spanish: pincho (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: şiş kebap (tr), şiş kebabı sg
• Urdu: شیش کباب (śiś kabāb)
• Welsh: cebab shish m
• Western Panjabi: شیش کباب (šiš kabāb)

See also

• souvlaki

Further reading

• “shish kebab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• shish kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• shish kebab, shishkebab, shish kabob, shish kebob, shishkabob, shish kabab, shishkebob at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Finnish

Etymology

Turkish şiş kebap

Noun

shish kebab

1. shish kebab (roasted meat dish)

Declension

Inflection of shish kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		shish kebab	shish kebabit
genitive		shish kebabin	shish kebabien
partitive		shish kebabia	shish kebabeja
illative		shish kebabiin	shish kebabeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		shish kebab	shish kebabit
accusative	nom.	shish kebab	shish kebabit
	gen.	shish kebabin
genitive		shish kebabin	shish kebabien
partitive		shish kebabia	shish kebabeja
inessive		shish kebabissa	shish kebabeissa
elative		shish kebabista	shish kebabeista
illative		shish kebabiin	shish kebabeihin
adessive		shish kebabilla	shish kebabeilla
ablative		shish kebabilta	shish kebabeilta
allative		shish kebabille	shish kebabeille
essive		shish kebabina	shish kebabeina
translative		shish kebabiksi	shish kebabeiksi
abessive		shish kebabitta	shish kebabeitta
instructive		—	shish kebabein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of shish kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative shish kebabini shish kebabini accusative nom. shish kebabini shish kebabini gen. shish kebabini genitive shish kebabini shish kebabieni partitive shish kebabiani shish kebabejani inessive shish kebabissani shish kebabeissani elative shish kebabistani shish kebabeistani illative shish kebabiini shish kebabeihini adessive shish kebabillani shish kebabeillani ablative shish kebabiltani shish kebabeiltani allative shish kebabilleni shish kebabeilleni essive shish kebabinani shish kebabeinani translative shish kebabikseni shish kebabeikseni abessive shish kebabittani shish kebabeittani instructive — — comitative — shish kebabeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative shish kebabisi shish kebabisi accusative nom. shish kebabisi shish kebabisi gen. shish kebabisi genitive shish kebabisi shish kebabiesi partitive shish kebabiasi shish kebabejasi inessive shish kebabissasi shish kebabeissasi elative shish kebabistasi shish kebabeistasi illative shish kebabiisi shish kebabeihisi adessive shish kebabillasi shish kebabeillasi ablative shish kebabiltasi shish kebabeiltasi allative shish kebabillesi shish kebabeillesi essive shish kebabinasi shish kebabeinasi translative shish kebabiksesi shish kebabeiksesi abessive shish kebabittasi shish kebabeittasi instructive — — comitative — shish kebabeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative shish kebabimme shish kebabimme accusative nom. shish kebabimme shish kebabimme gen. shish kebabimme genitive shish kebabimme shish kebabiemme partitive shish kebabiamme shish kebabejamme inessive shish kebabissamme shish kebabeissamme elative shish kebabistamme shish kebabeistamme illative shish kebabiimme shish kebabeihimme adessive shish kebabillamme shish kebabeillamme ablative shish kebabiltamme shish kebabeiltamme allative shish kebabillemme shish kebabeillemme essive shish kebabinamme shish kebabeinamme translative shish kebabiksemme shish kebabeiksemme abessive shish kebabittamme shish kebabeittamme instructive — — comitative — shish kebabeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative shish kebabinne shish kebabinne accusative nom. shish kebabinne shish kebabinne gen. shish kebabinne genitive shish kebabinne shish kebabienne partitive shish kebabianne shish kebabejanne inessive shish kebabissanne shish kebabeissanne elative shish kebabistanne shish kebabeistanne illative shish kebabiinne shish kebabeihinne adessive shish kebabillanne shish kebabeillanne ablative shish kebabiltanne shish kebabeiltanne allative shish kebabillenne shish kebabeillenne essive shish kebabinanne shish kebabeinanne translative shish kebabiksenne shish kebabeiksenne abessive shish kebabittanne shish kebabeittanne instructive — — comitative — shish kebabeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative shish kebabinsa shish kebabinsa accusative nom. shish kebabinsa shish kebabinsa gen. shish kebabinsa genitive shish kebabinsa shish kebabiensa partitive shish kebabiaan shish kebabiansa shish kebabejaan shish kebabejansa inessive shish kebabissaan shish kebabissansa shish kebabeissaan shish kebabeissansa elative shish kebabistaan shish kebabistansa shish kebabeistaan shish kebabeistansa illative shish kebabiinsa shish kebabeihinsa adessive shish kebabillaan shish kebabillansa shish kebabeillaan shish kebabeillansa ablative shish kebabiltaan shish kebabiltansa shish kebabeiltaan shish kebabeiltansa allative shish kebabilleen shish kebabillensa shish kebabeilleen shish kebabeillensa essive shish kebabinaan shish kebabinansa shish kebabeinaan shish kebabeinansa translative shish kebabikseen shish kebabiksensa shish kebabeikseen shish kebabeiksensa abessive shish kebabittaan shish kebabittansa shish kebabeittaan shish kebabeittansa instructive — — comitative — shish kebabeineen shish kebabeinensa