Where does “ciorbă” come from?

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

ciorbă (Romanian): a kind of soup (usually sour), with vegetables and meat, commonly found in Romanian cuisine

Definitions

  1. a kind of soup (usually sour), with vegetables and meat, commonly found in Romanian cuisine

Ancestry of “ciorbă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ciorbă”

Every word from Persian شستن →Every word from Persian شوریدن →Every word from Persian شور →