शरबत (sharbat)
noun
A sweet, diluted drink -- usually fruit- or flower-syrup-based -- served cold, especially in summer. One straightforward sense.
Sense
1
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sweet syrup-based drink
noun, masculine
Synonyms: जूस (joos, usually fruit juice specifically), शीतल पेय (shiital pey, formal, generic 'cold beverage')
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In Delhi summers, शरबत (sharbat) is what a guest gets offered the moment they sit down -- rooh afza-based rose sherbet is the classic version, poured from a tall glass jug at any family gathering. It is also strongly linked with Ramzan iftaars and hot-weather roadside stalls selling nimbu (lemon) or bel (wood-apple) sharbat.
Common Mistakes: 1) Do not confuse with the English 'sherbet' (frozen dessert) -- शरबत (sharbat) is always a liquid you drink, made by diluting a syrup (like rose or lemon syrup) with water. 2) घर पर शरबत बनाना (ghar par sharbat banaanaa, 'to make sharbat at home') is the everyday phrase; learners sometimes reach for पीना (piinaa, 'to drink') alone without बनाना (banaanaa) when talking about preparing it, missing the two-step framing of making a syrup and then serving it diluted.
Sample Sentences:
गर्मियों में मेहमान को बैठते ही शरबत दिया जाता है।
In summer, the guest is given sherbet the moment they sit down.
(garmiyon men mehmaan ko baithte hii sharbat diyaa jaataa hai।)
क्या तुम एक गिलास ठंडा शरबत बनाओगी?
Will you make a glass of cold sherbet?
(kyaa tum ek gilaas thandaa sharbat banaaogii?)
दादी ने रूह अफ़ज़ा वाला गुलाबी शरबत बड़े जग में भरकर मेज़ पर रख दिया।
Grandma filled the pink rooh afza sherbet into a big jug and placed it on the table.
(daadii ne rooh afzaa vaalaa gulaabii sharbat bade jag men bharkar mez par rakh diyaa।)
इफ़्तार के वक़्त सभी लोग खजूर और शरबत से रोज़ा खोलते हैं।
At iftar time, everyone breaks their fast with dates and sherbet.
(iftaar ke vaqt sabhii log khajoor aur sharbat se rozaa kholte hain।)
अरे भाई, ज़रा एक गिलास नींबू का शरबत तो पिला दे!
Hey man, come on, give me a glass of lemon sherbet to drink!
(are bhaaii, zaraa ek gilaas niimboo kaa sharbat to pilaa de!)
सड़क के किनारे ठेले वाला बेल का शरबत बेच रहा था।
The cart vendor on the roadside was selling wood-apple sherbet.
(sadak ke kinaare thele vaalaa bel kaa sharbat bech rahaa thaa।)
काश इस तपती दुपहरी में हमारे पास ठंडा शरबत होता।
If only we had cold sherbet in this scorching afternoon heat.
(kaash is taptii dupahrii men hamaare paas thandaa sharbat hotaa।)
अगर मेहमान आएँ तो पहले उन्हें शरबत पेश करना चाहिए।
If guests come, one should offer them sherbet first.
(agar mehmaan aaen to pahle unhen sharbat pesh karnaa chaahie।)
शादी में शरबत की बड़ी-बड़ी सुराहियाँ मेहमानों के लिए सजाई गई थीं।
At the wedding, huge pitchers of sherbet had been arranged for the guests.
(shaadii men sharbat kii badii-badii suraahiyaan mehmaanon ke lie sajaaii gaii thiin।)
मैंने सुना है कि इस दुकान का गुलाब शरबत पूरे इलाके में मशहूर है।
I have heard that this shop's rose sherbet is famous throughout the area.
(mainne sunaa hai ki is dukaan kaa gulaab sharbat poore ilaake men mashahoor hai।)
बचपन में हम रमज़ान के महीने में हर शाम शरबत का इंतज़ार करते थे।
In childhood, we used to wait for sherbet every evening during the month of Ramzan.
(bachpan men ham ramzaan ke mahiine men har shaam sharbat kaa intzaar karte the।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
शरबत
(sharbat)
(sg.m.oblique):
शरबत
(sharbat)
(pl.m.direct):
शरबत
(sharbat)
(pl.m.oblique):
शरबतों
(sharabton)