different between syrup vs imarti

English

Etymology

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic ??????? (šar?b, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from ??????? (šariba, “to drink”). Related to sorbet, sherbet.Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop.

The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.??p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?.??p/, /?si.??p/, /?s?.?p/, /?s?.?p/
• Hyphenation: sy?rup
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

syrup (countable and uncountable, plural syrups)

1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
2. (by extension) Any viscous liquid.

3. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig.

Alternative forms

• sirop, sirup, syrop (all obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tsonga: sirapu
• ? Zulu: isiraphu

Translations

Anagrams

• pursy

English

Noun

imarti (plural imartis)

1. (India) An Indian dessert made by deep-frying urad flour batter in a kind of pretzel which is then soaked in sugar syrup.
   • 1994, Manju Kak, First light in Colonelpura: short stories (page 33)

     A sudden concentration on food followed. Uncle said, have an imarti, they're hot and good.

   • 1994, R?h? M?s?ma Raz?, Gillian Wright, The feuding families of village Gangauli

     […] fill a small basket of fresh, hot imartis.