Where does “tiorba” come from?
tiorba (Catalan) comes from Italian tiorba, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه, from Persian توبره, from Middle Persian tōbrag — bag, sack.
tiorba (Catalan): theorbo
Ancestry of “tiorba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tiorba | theorbo |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طوربه | bag |
| 3 | Persian | توبره | bag, sack |
| 4 | Middle Persian | tōbrag | bag, sack |