شوربا

Chagatai

Etymology

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

Noun

شوربا (šorpa)

soup

Persian

Alternative forms

شورباه (šōrbāh / šurbâh)
شوروا (šōrwā / šurvâ) — colloquial Dari or dated

Etymology

From (šōr / šur) +‎ (-bā / -bâ, “stew, soup”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃoːɾ.ˈbaː/

(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

شوربا • (šōrbā / šurbâ) (Tajik spelling шӯрбо)

a kind of stew
Synonym: (chiefly Iran) آب‌گوشت (āb-gōšt / âb-gušt)

Descendants

→ Armenian: շորվա (šorva)
→ Azerbaijani: şorba
→ English: chorba, shorba
→ Gujarati: શોરબા (śorbā)
→ Kazakh: сорпа (sorpa)
→ Kyrgyz: шорпо (şorpo)
→ Hindi: शोरबा (śorbā)
→ Russian: шурпа (šurpa)
→ Urdu: شوربا
→ Ottoman Turkish: چوربا, չօրպա (çorba) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: çorba
- → Armenian: չորբա (čʻorba), չորպա (čʻorpa)
- → Bulgarian: чорба́ (čorbá)
- → Georgian: ჩორბა (čorba)
- → Ladino: chorbá
- → 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 (šōrbā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

شوربا • (śorbā) m (Hindi spelling शोरबा)

broth, soup, gravy