شوربا

Chagatai

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چوربا (çorba) and/or Persian شوربا (šurbâ) or شورباه (šurbâ).

Noun

شوربا (šorpa)

1. soup

Persian

Alternative forms

• شورباه (šurbâh)
• شوروا (šōrwā)

Etymology

From Classical Persian شور (šōr) + با (bā, “(in compounds) stew”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bāg).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ.ˈbɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ.bɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ.bɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ.wɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊːɾ.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːɹ.bɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵɾ.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	šōrbā
Dari reading?	šōrbā
Iranian reading?	šurbâ
Tajik reading?	šürbo

Noun

Dari	شوربا, شوروا
Iranian Persian	شوربا, آب‌گوشت
Tajik	шӯрбо

شوربا • (šurbâ)

1. a kind of stew

Descendants

• → Armenian: շորվա (šorva)
• → Azerbaijani: şorba
• → English: chorba, shorba
• → Gujarati: શોરબા (śorbā)
• → Kazakh: сорпа (sorpa)
• → Kyrgyz: шорпо (şorpo)
• → Hindi: शोरबा (śorbā)
• → Urdu: شوربا
• → Ottoman Turkish: چوربا, չօրպա (çorba)
  • Turkish: çorba
  • → Armenian: չորբա (čʻorba), չորպա (čʻorpa)
  • → Bulgarian: чорба́ (čorbá)
  • → Georgian: ჩორბა (čorba)
  • → Laz: ჩორბა (çorba)
  • → Macedonian: чорба (čorba)
  • → Gulf Arabic: شوربة
  • → Moroccan Arabic: شوربة
  • → South Levantine Arabic: شوربة
  • → Romanian: ciorbă
  • → Serbo-Croatian: čórba / чо́рба
  • → Ukrainian: щерба́ (ščerbá)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian شوربا (šōrbā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃoːɾ.bɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

شوربا • (śorbā) m (Hindi spelling शोरबा)

1. broth, soup, gravy