Where does “چلوکباب” come from?

چلوکباب (Persian) comes from Persian کباب, from Arabic كَبَاب — roast meat, kebab; fried meat.

چلوکباب (Persian): chelow kabab, a popular Iranian kebab dish

Definitions

  1. chelow kabab, a popular Iranian kebab dish

Ancestry of “چلوکباب”, step by step

چلوکباب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کباب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکبابkebab
2Arabicكَبَابroast meat, kebab; fried meat

via Persian چلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچلوplain cooked rice
2Hindiचावलrice
Every word from Arabic كَبَاب →Every word from Persian کباب →