sharab

English

Alternative forms

• shrab

Etymology

From Persian شراب (šarâb, “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, published 2008, page 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 […]

Anagrams

• Basrah, abrash, bahars, Rabhas, Bashar, Bahars, Barash