A dish of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer; also spelled 'kebab' or 'kabob'.
From Persian 'kabāb', possibly from Arabic 'kabba' meaning to cook meat. The word traveled through Turkish and Indian cooking traditions before entering English, with multiple spelling variations reflecting different routes of transmission.
The spelling 'cabob' is actually becoming less common in English—we're shifting toward 'kebab' (the original Persian) or 'kabob,' showing how globalization changes our word choices.
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