Thursday, October 4, 2018

food - The US/UK word for Turkish sandwich filled with meat, salad and sauce


One of the users on the page created by me asked this. Since the page is for non-native speakers, I don't think she'll get the answer. So, I'm asking it here. In her words...




What is your word for the Turkish sandwich filled with meat (kebab), salad and sauce? In German (and maybe in turkish too) it is "Döner". I am pretty sure there is another word for it in the US :) I found "doner" in an online dictionary but I am not sure if this is correct.



The sandwich bread is cut from a round bread and one quarter is filled.


Here it is:


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Answer



There's the word gyro, which, according to NOAD, is:



a sandwich made with slices of spiced meat cooked on a spit, served with salad in pita bread.




Your picture doesn't look like a gyro, though, because of the bread. Usually, I'd expect a gyro to look more like this:


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However, that's the closest commonly-used word that I can think of.


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