Chorba is a soup made across a range from Algeria, through the Balkans, Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. The term is very broad and refers to soups, gravies, and stews depending on the region.
Word origins
Arabic shurbah "gravy" or Persian shor "salty" balab "water / stew", possibly indicating an earlier cognate common to Arabic or Persian.