sharab

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noun

Wine, or other alcoholic drinks.

OriginPersian شراب ← Arabic شَرَاب →
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Meanings

nounsharab (uncountable)

alternative shrab

  1. uncountableWine, or other alcoholic drinks.

    In the meantime, the black giant had begun his own survey of the campground, where three nights earlier Hanukkah and his fellows had shared a roast goat and a looted cask of sharab […]

    2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 49

Origin

  1. Arabicشَرَاب“wine, beverage”
  2. Persianشراب“wine”
  3. Englishsharab

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BasharBasrahBarashabrash
Cite this entry
APA

sharab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharab

MLA

“sharab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharab. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharab.

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