What is meat slices (shawarma in Arabic) called in English?
Is the same word used in English-speaking countries? This is the meaning as I found it on Google:

shawarma
ʃəˈwɔːmə/
noun
1.
(in some Arabic-speaking countries) a doner kebab.

Thanks a lot :)

Question

What is meat slices (shawarma in Arabic)  called in English?
Is the same word used in English-speaking countries? This is the meaning as I found it on Google:

shawarma
ʃəˈwɔːmə/
noun
1.
(in some Arabic-speaking countries) a doner kebab.

Thanks a lot :)

Answer

We say shawarma.

If the concept doesn't already exist in English, we simply borrow the foreign word.

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