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شَوّاء
griller (a person who grills or roasts meat for a living) /ʃawˈwaːʔ/
nounB2#3950 most common
Also: roaster, grill cook, kebab/shawarma griller
Example sentences
الشَّوَّاءُ يَشْوِي اللَّحْمَ.
The griller grills the meat.
ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الشَّوَّاءِ لِأَشْتَرِيَ كَبَابًا.
I went to the griller to buy kebab.
يَعْمَلُ صَدِيقِي شَوَّاءً فِي مَطْعَمٍ مَشْهُورٍ.
My friend works as a griller in a famous restaurant.
اِشْتَهَرَ ذٰلِكَ الشَّوَّاءُ بِتَتْبِيلِهِ الخَاصِّ لِلَّحْمِ.
That griller became famous for his special meat seasoning.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الشَّوَّاءُ لِيَكْشِفَ سِرَّ تَتْبِيلَتِهِ حَتَّى لِأَقْرَبِ زَبَائِنِهِ.
The griller would not reveal the secret of his seasoning even to his closest customers.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَقَاعُدِهِ، ظَلَّ الشَّوَّاءُ العَجُوزُ يُشْرِفُ عَلَى تَدْرِيبِ كُلِّ شَوَّائِي الحَيِّ الجُدُدِ.
Despite his retirement, the old griller kept overseeing the training of every new griller in the neighborhood.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَوَّاءٌ | شَوَّاؤُونَ |
| Genitive | شَوَّاءٍ | شَوَّائِينَ |
| Accusative | شَوَّاءً | شَوَّائِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا شَوَّاءُ | يَا شَوَّاؤُونَ |
Word family
شَوَىto grill, to roast
شِوَاءgrilled meat, barbecue
مَشْوِيّgrilled, roastedشوّايةgrill, grill appliance
مِشْوًىgrill stand, roasting spot
Etymology
شَوّاء comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش-و-ي (sh-w-y), meaning to grill or roast over fire. The word takes the فَعّال (fa''āl) pattern, which marks a profession or an intensive, habitual doer, the same pattern behind words like خَبّاز (baker) and جَزّار (butcher). Because the root's final radical is the weak letter ي, it surfaces as ـاء in this pattern rather than a plain ي, giving شَوّاء the shape it has today.
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