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!

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In a few hours I will be eating iþkembe çorbasý - *YuMMy*

 Have a great trip!!

Does iki taþ çorba mean 2 stones in  soup?? I could never get my head around these words..lol!!

 Ã never knew it was persian too lol

Ý forgot what it is in formal Arabic too, but after searching...its Hisa´a حساء and also called Marak مرق

And thanks to Wiki for that lol

http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9

 In arabic is it : ÞORBA.. Marak is the sause we put on the rice and the iraqis use it much as Marag

 In arabic is it : ÞORBA.. Marak is the sause we put on the rice and the iraqis use it much as Marag

Corba, or words similar to it are also used in a lot of Eastern European countries to say soup. When my partner came to visit me, a Moldovan co-worker talked to him about food (don´t ask me why) and they discovered that a lot of words in Moldovan and Turkey were very similar. I think it has something to do with history and Turkish invadors in the area of Moldova, but don´t pin me down on it.

 My dear there is no such language on the earth ! Doesnt exist Moldovian language !  Ýts called Romanian language! You can check here

pfff, romanian with a moldovan accent, you know what I mean!

  yes...sounds far from literary romanian.. They have russian influence.

Turk Dilinin Etimoloji Sozlugu Ismet Zeki Eyuboglu is a good and comprehensive etimological dictionary. In this dictionary it says çorba comes from arabic þurb(susamak, içmek)ten persian þurbe/þorbe, tr çorba. First Edition 1988.