Where does “şerbet” come from?
şerbet (Turkish) comes from Arabic شُرْبَة, from Ottoman Turkish چوربا, from Persian شوربا, from Persian شور, from Persian شوریدن, from Persian شستن.
şerbet (Turkish): sherbet
Ancestry of “şerbet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شُرْبَة | a drink; drink |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چوربا | — |
| 3 | Persian | شوربا | a kind of stew |
| 4 | Persian | شور | salty; excitement; uproar, clamor |
| 5 | Persian | شوریدن | — |
| 6 | Persian | شستن | — |
Words derived from “şerbet”