Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chorba

/ʃoɹ.ba/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chor-ba
IPA: /ʃoɹ.ba/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hungarian.

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: Csorba, -, Čorba, چوربا, شورْبَا

Inflected Forms

Chorbas (plural) shorba (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

şorba сорпа шорпо շորվա شوربا چوربا शोरबा

Homonyms

shorba

Rhymes With

korba norba shorba

Questions

How do you pronounce chorba?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃoɹ.ba/.
What does chorba mean?: A surname from Hungarian.
Where does chorba come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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