شربت

Arabic

Verb

شربت (form I)

1. شَرِبْتُ (šaribtu) /ʃa.rib.tu/: first-person singular past active of شَرِبَ (šariba)
2. شَرِبْتَ (šaribta) /ʃa.rib.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of شَرِبَ (šariba)
3. شَرِبْتِ (šaribti) /ʃa.rib.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of شَرِبَ (šariba)
4. شَرِبَتْ (šaribat) /ʃa.ri.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of شَرِبَ (šariba)
5. شُرِبْتُ (šuribtu) /ʃu.rib.tu/: first-person singular past passive of شَرِبَ (šariba)
6. شُرِبْتَ (šuribta) /ʃu.rib.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of شَرِبَ (šariba)
7. شُرِبْتِ (šuribti) /ʃu.rib.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of شَرِبَ (šariba)
8. شُرِبَتْ (šuribat) /ʃu.ri.bat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of شَرِبَ (šariba)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet) or Persian شربت (šarbat), from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈʃərbət/

Noun

شَرْبَت • (šarbat) (dual شَرْبَتين (šarbatēn), no plural)

1. a drink made of mixture of fruit concentrate and sugar; a sherbet

Derived terms

• شربت نمل (šarbat namil, šarbat nimil)

Ottoman Turkish

شربتلر

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شربت (šarbat, “sharbat”), itself from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “drink”).

Noun

شربت • (şerbet)

1. (in general) drink, beverage, any liquid that can be consumed

   Synonyms: ایچه‌جك (içecek), شراب (şarab), مشروبات (meşrubat)

2. sharbat, a West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals
3. sherbet, sorbet, a frozen fruit juice blended with sugar and eaten as dessert
4. sort of weak decoction of coffee grounds, kept ready for the preparation of coffee
5. any infusion prepared for a special use, as a wash for soaking materials or liquid manure

Derived terms

• شربت ایچمك (şerbet içmek, “to get engaged”)
• شربت ویرمك (şerbet virmek, “to wet with an infusion”)
• شربتجی (şerbetci, “maker or seller of sherbets”)
• شربتخانه (şerbethane, “wine shop, tavern”)
• شربتدان (şerbetdan, “servant specialized in making sherbets”)
• شربتلك (şerbetlik, “anything used for making sherbets”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: şerbet
• → Albanian: sherbet
• → Armenian: շէրպէթ (šērpētʻ)
• → English: sherbet
• → Greek: σορμπέ (sormpé)
• → Italian: sorbetto
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: шѐрбет

  Latin script: šèrbet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şerbet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4459
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شربت”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 285b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شربت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 723
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Potio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1328
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شربت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2794
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şerbet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شربت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1120

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “drink”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

شربت • (šarbat) (plural شربت‌ها (šarbat-hâ))

1. sharbat, sherbet

Derived terms

• تخم شربتی (toxm-e šarbati)