کوفته
Persian
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کوفته تبریزی
Etymology
From کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
کوفته • (kufte)
Noun
کوفته • (kufte)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: küftə, kiftə
- → English: kofta, kafta, kofte, koufta, kufta
- → French: kafta
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: кюфта (küfta)
- → Kumyk: кюпте (küpte)
- → Lithuanian: kofta
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوفته (köfte)
- Turkish: köfte
- → Arabic: كُفْتَة (kufta)
- → Armenian: քյուֆթա (kʻyuftʻa), քյուֆտա (kʻyufta), քուֆտա (kʻufta), քուֆթա (kʻuftʻa), քոֆթա (kʻoftʻa); քիւֆտայ (kʻiwftay), քուֆտայ (kʻuftay), քուֆթայ (kʻuftʻay), քոֆթայ (kʻoftʻay), քօֆթայ (kʻōftʻay) — traditional orthography
- → Bulgarian: кюфтѐ (kjuftè)
- → Crimean Tatar: küfte
- → Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
- → Greek: κεφτές (keftés)
- → Macedonian: ќофте (ḱofte)
- → Romanian: chiftea, chifteá
- ⇒ Romanian: chifteluță, chiftelúță
- → Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀фта / ćùfta
- → Portuguese: cafta
- → Russian: кюфта́ (kjuftá)
- → Spanish: kofta