Where does “Chorba” come from?

Chorba (English) comes from Turkish çorba, from Ottoman Turkish چوربا, from Persian شوربا, from Persian شور, from Persian شوریدن, from Persian شستن — to wash.

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

Definitions

  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

Ancestry of “Chorba”, step by step

Chorba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çorba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçorbasoup
2Ottoman Turkishچورباsoup
3Persianشورباa kind of stew
4Persianشورsalty; excitement; uproar, clamor
5Persianشوریدنto revolt, to rebel
6Persianشستنto wash

via Serbo-Croatian čorba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiančorbachowder
Every word from Persian شستن →Every word from Persian شوریدن →Every word from Persian شور →
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