شربتخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A compound of شربت (şerbet, “sharbat; sherbet”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

شربتخانه • (şerbethane)

1. (euphemistic) wineshop, tavern, inn, a place where drinks and food are served

   Synonyms: میخانه (meyhane), میكده (meykede)

Descendants

• Turkish: şerbethane

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şerbethane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4460
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شربتخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1121