Meaning of sharbat | Babel Free

Definitions

A West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals; a sherbet.

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“The Arabs brought sugarcane, mulberries, and citrus fruits (along with many things that have⟳ nothing to do with granita), and innumberable recipes for sharbat, their sweetened, aromatic drinks flavored with fruits, blossoms, and spices, and often chilled with mountain snow⟳.”

“Ka found the general lack of interest⟳ liberating. This is why he went into the snack bar on the corner of Little Kâzimbey Avenue and Kâzim Karabekir Avenue, and ordered himself a cinnamon sharbat, and he drank it with relish.”

“When Mrs. Dwivedi had no longer felt like⟳ standing there tracking Chellam's progress⟳ in the punishing heat, she’d come⟳ indoors, ordered her cook⟳ to make⟳ her a tall glass of iced sharbat, and telephoned Amma.”

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