sharab

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

sharab (uncountable)

  1. Wine, or other alcoholic drinks.
    • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 49:
      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 […]

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