Etymology

sarabat stall

Today it means: A kind of drinks stall or roadside pushcart selling teh tarik, historically and traditionally run by immigrants from Pakistan and other South Asian countries. Full definition →

Urdu شربت ← Classical Persian شربت
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromشربت
  2. Urdu · derived fromشربت“sharbat; a type of sweet drink”
  3. English todaysarabat stall

From Urdu شربت (śarbat, “sharbat; a type of sweet drink”), from Classical Persian شربت (šarbat).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.