كوفته

Ottoman Turkish

Borrowed from Persian (kufte, “meatball”), from the verb (kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”).

كوفته • (köfte)

Turkish: köfte
- → German: Köfte
- → Japanese: キョフテ
→ Arabic: كُفْتَة (kufta)
→ Armenian: քյուֆթա (kʻyuftʻa), քյուֆտա (kʻyufta), քուֆտա (kʻufta), քուֆթա (kʻuftʻa), քոֆթա (kʻoftʻa); քիւֆտայ (kʻiwftay), քուֆտայ (kʻuftay), քուֆթայ (kʻuftʻay), քոֆթայ (kʻoftʻay), քօֆթայ (kʻōftʻay)
→ Bulgarian: кюфте́ (kjufté)
→ Crimean Tatar: küfte
→ Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
→ Greek: κεφτές (keftés)
- → Ladino: kefte
→ Macedonian: ќофте (ḱofte)
→ Romanian: chifteá
- ⇒ Romanian: chiftelúță
  - → Russian: тефте́ли (teftéli)
    - → Mongolian: тефтель (teftelʹ)
→ Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀фта / ćùfta

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