Arabic exportsFood & drink

sherbet

Arabic šarba 'a drink' became Persian šarbat and Ottoman şerbet, the cool fruit drinks served from India to the Balkans; English met it in Turkey around 1600, French (sorbet, 1553) and Italian (sorbetto, 1581) took the same Turkish word independently and later made it a water-ice, and Americans and Australians each gave sherbet a new meaning.

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