Etymology

sharab

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Today it means: Wine, or other alcoholic drinks. Full definition →

Persian شراب ← Arabic شَرَاب
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromشَرَاب“wine, beverage”
  2. Persian · derived fromشراب“wine”
  3. English todaysharab

From Persian شراب (šarâb, “wine”), from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “wine, beverage”), from شَرَبَ (šaraba, “to drink”).

Words from the same roots

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