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In English, the word kebab usually refers to shish kebab, which consists of small chunks of meat grilled on a skewer. In its current meaning, the phrase is essentially Turkish in origin, and tradition has it that the dish was invented by medieval Turkic soldiers who used their swords to grill meat over open-field fires. However, experts contend that the dish has been native to the Near East since ancient times. Indeed, there exist pictures of Byzantine Greeks preparing shish kebabs, and a food described in Homer's Odyssey also bears a close resemblance. It has been speculated that its origins lie in the short supply of ready fuel in the Near East, which made the cooking of large foods difficult. Moreover, the urban nature of civilization there made it easy to obtain small cuts of meat at a butcher's shop.

In India, Ibn Battuta records that shish kebab was served in royal houses since at least the Sultanate period, and even commoners would enjoy it for breakfast with naan.