harabe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• harabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jarabe, from Old Spanish xarabe, from Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”). Doublet of sirup.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haˈɾabe/ [hɐˈɾaː.bɛ]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: ha‧ra‧be

Noun

harabe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜊᜒ)

1. a type of syrup added to and mixed with medicinal substances
2. balsam of Tolu; tolu (resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery)

   Synonym: harabe de Tolu

3. lemonade

   Synonym: limonada

Related terms

• harabe de Tolu
• salabat
• sirup
• sorbetes

 

See also

• arnibal
• bagkat
• pulot

 

Further reading

• “harabe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018