 Shorwa means "soup" in Persian/Pashto.Chorba is also called "shorba" (, , ), "sho'rva" (), "shorwa" (), "ciorbă" (Romanian), "shurpa" (), "shorpa" (), "çorba" (Turkish, pronounced ), "shorpo" () and "sorpa" ().In the Indian subcontinent, the term "shorba" in Hindi () simply means gravy.