शोरबा

See also: शराब and शराबी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šōrbā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃoːɾ.bɑː/, [ʃoːɾ.bäː]
Hyphenation: शोर‧बा
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

शोरबा • (śorbā) m (Urdu spelling شورْبَا)

broth, soup, gravy

Declension

Declension of *शोरबा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शोरबा śorbā	शोरबे śorbe
oblique	शोरबे śorbe	शोरबों śorbõ
vocative	शोरबे śorbe	शोरबो śorbo

Synonyms

(broth): झोल (jhol), ब्रॉथ (brŏth), रसा (rasā), यखनी f (yakhnī), यख़्नी f (yaxnī), सूप (sūp)

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शोरबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 956
Platts, John T. (1884) “شوربا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 736