Etymograph

English

sherbet

Sherbet comes from Ottoman Turkish شربت ‘drink, beverage’, from Classical Persian شَرْبَت, from Arabic شَرْبَة ‘a drink’, and ultimately from Arabic شَرِبَ ‘to drink’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَرِبَšariba‘to drink’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرْبَةšarba‘a drink’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرْبَتšarbat
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شربتşerbet‘drink, beverage’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860sherbet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَرِبَšariba‘to drink’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرْبَةšarba‘a drink’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرْبَتšarbat
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شربتşerbet‘drink, beverage’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1860sherbet

Earliest quotation: 1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character: “Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green…”

Linked words

pairs

  • sherbet and syrup both from Arabic شَرِبَ ‘to drink’

through Arabic شَرِبَ ‘to drink’

5 more

through Ottoman Turkish شربت ‘sherbet, sorbet, a frozen fruit juice blended…’

sorbet, 2 more

Today it means

noun A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic شَرِبَ / sherbet

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