Etymology

chorba

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Today it means: stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish چوربا ← Classical Persian شورْبَا
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chorba · noun1

  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشورْبَا
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromچوربا
  3. English todaychorba

From Ottoman Turkish چوربا (çorba) and/or Classical Persian شورْبَا (šōrbā) or شورْبَاه (šōrbāh).

Chorba · proper noun2

  1. Serbo-Croatian · derived fromČorba
  2. Hungarian · derived fromCsorba
  3. English todayChorba

Altered spelling of Hungarian Csorba, from csorba (“gap-toothed”). Also Americanized from Slovak and Serbo-Croatian Čorba, from the noun čorba (“soup, chowder”).

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