In Turkish, soup is called ´çorba´, from the Persian ´shorba´ meaning ´boiling with salt´. ´Shor´ means ´salty´ and ´ba´ means ´boiling´ 

http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=1003

The link above opens a Turkish Airlines article on soup. Enjoy !!! 

I have discovered this fantastic Turkish dictionary lately (The owner is an Armenian  who knows Turkish better than most of the Turks- Sevan Niþanyan -)  

http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/search.asp?w=%E7orba&x=29&y=8

And yes..it says it is persian..

shorba is what we call soup in egypt

But, thats not the correct arabic word, i forget what it is and nobody´s home to ask

I had noo idea it was actually persian!

TDK dictionary also says its Persian.

The owner is an Armenian who borned and rised in Türkiye so its not a surprise though. .

Niþanyan also have lovely residences in Þirince, I can recommend

And I think niþanyan has written the only (?) turkish etimoloji dictionary, or at least the most complete one, but you should keep in mind that he is not a linguist or anything, its just his hobby, but one he does very well.

Hehe yeah i have heard about that residences.

He is not a  linguist and he has no education on it. I cant comment on his dictionary if its good or bad. Actually i am thankful to him cos i need that kind of dictionary. But for me if you are preparing a dictionary like that you should also know the other dialects of Turkish and the ancient form of Turkish. Sure its my view. For me if you dont know the whole you cant really know the part of that whole.

But in any case we should be thankful to him.

He knows Turkish weel because he lives in Turkey and he was born in Turkey and he is etimologist. This is very normal.

Nisanyan Dictionary has a lot of false wrong informations. yOU  SHOULD KNOW THÝS

Every Turkish/English dictionary I have seen has a lot of wrong information!  No wonder it´s so hard to learn!