sherbet

== English == === Alternative forms === sherbert (sometimes proscribed, US) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). Doublet of sorbet and sharbat, related to syrup. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɜː.bət/, /ˈʃɜː.bɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɝ.bət/, /ˈʃɝ.bɪt/, (nonstandard) /ˈʃɝ.bɚt/ Rhymes: (nonstandard) -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)t === Noun === sherbet (countable and uncountable, plural sherbets) A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients. An effervescent powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink. A traditional West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals. 1895, Oswald Hutton Parry, Six Months in a Syrian Monastery [2004 reprint], page 86: Tea is becoming a favourite drink in Turkey, not instead of coffee, but of the sherbet or cool drinks that are handed to guests; it comes generally from Russia, and although a trifle dear on account of the carriage, is extremely good, when properly made. (UK, Australia, slang) An alcoholic drink, especially beer. ==== Synonyms ==== (sweet drink): sharbat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === beshert == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). === Noun === sherbet m sugar water ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “sherbet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980