Chorba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Hungarian.
noun
  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

Pronunciation

/ʃoɹ.ba/

Word forms

Chorba Chorbas shorba

Etymology

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

Related words

şorba сорпа шорпо շորվա شوربا چوربا शोरबा
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