salabat

Masbatenyo

Noun

salabát

1. ginger tea

Spanish

Alternative forms

• salabát

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salabat f (plural salabats)

1. (Philippines) ginger tea

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salabát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜆ᜔)

1. ginger tea

Derived terms

• magsalabat
• salabatin

Related terms

• harabe
• sirup
• sorbetes

Descendants

• → Spanish: salabat

See also

• panggasi
• taho

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• magkasala-salabat
• magsala-salabat
• sala-salabat

References

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