chorba

C3H4O1R1B3A1
/ʃoɹ.ba/

noun

stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia

OriginOttoman Turkish چوربا ← Classical Persian شورْبَا →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

chorba1

nounchorba (plural chorbas)

plural chorbas · alternative shorba

  1. stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia

Chorba2

proper nounChorba (plural Chorbas)

plural Chorbas

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Origin

chorba · noun

  1. Classical Persianشورْبَا
  2. Ottoman Turkishچوربا
  3. Englishchorba

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

More words from Ottoman Turkish, Classical Persian

Full word history & related roots →

Chorba · proper noun

  1. Serbo-CroatianČorba
  2. HungarianCsorba
  3. EnglishChorba

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

More words from Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

broachOrbach
Cite this entry
APA

chorba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chorba

MLA

“chorba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chorba. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chorba,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chorba.

Source: chorba on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.