name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hungarian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Chorba
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Pronunciation
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/ʃoɹ.ba/
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rhymes with -ba
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CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R B AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia
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History
Etymology
Altered spelling of Hungarian Csorba, from csorba (“gap-toothed”). Also Americanized from Slovak and Serbo-Croatian Čorba, from the noun čorba (“soup, chowder”).
From Ottoman Turkish چوربا (çorba) and/or Classical Persian شورْبَا (šōrbā) or شورْبَاه (šōrbāh).