salabat

salabát

1. ginger tea

• salabát

From Tagalog salabat, from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “non-alcoholic drink”). Doublet of sorbete.

• IPA^(key): /salaˈbat/ [sa.laˈβ̞at̪]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧bat

salabat f (plural salabats)

1. (Philippines) ginger tea

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “non-alcoholic drink”). Compare Malay serbat and Persian شربت (šarbat). Doublet of sorbetes.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈbat/ [sɐ.lɐˈbat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧bat

salabát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜆ᜔)

1. ginger tea

• → Spanish: salabat

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlabat/ [sɐˈlaː.bɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -abat
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧bat

salabat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜆ᜔)

1. scattered obstruction on the way (especially branches or twigs of trees, etc.)
2. small branches or twigs sticking out in the forest (causing obstruction)

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 149-150