kofta

English

Kofta (Kufteh Tabrizi).

Alternative forms

• kafta
• kofte
• kufta

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کوفته‎ (kôfta, “ground meat”), from کوفتن‎ (kôftan, “to grind, break, beat”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒftə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːftə/, /ˈkɔːftə/

Noun

kofta (plural koftas)

1. Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.

Translations

meatball or meatloaf dish

• Albanian: qofte (sq) f
• Arabic: كُفْتَة‎‎ (kufta)
• Armenian: քյուֆթա (kʿyuftʿa)
• Azerbaijani: küftə (az)
• Bulgarian: кюфте (bg) n (kjufté)
• Crimean Tatar: küfte
• Finnish: kofta (fi)
• French: kafta
• Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
• Greek: κεφτές (el) m (keftés)
• Hebrew: כופתה‎‎ (he) (kufta)
• Hindi: कोफ़्ता m (koftā)
• Japanese: キョフテ (kyofute)
• Kazakh: кюфта (kywfta)
• Kumyk: кюпте (kyupte)

• Lithuanian: kofta f
• Macedonian: ќо́фте f (ḱófte)
• Mongolian: көфтэ (köfte), тефтель (teftelʹ)
• Persian: کوفته‎‎ (fa) (kufte)
• Portuguese: cafta f
• Romanian: chiftea (ro) f
• Russian: кюфта́ (ru) f (kjuftá), те́фтели (ru) m pl (téfteli)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћу̀фта

  Roman: ćùfta (sh)

• Spanish: kofta f
• Tajik: куфта (kufta)
• Turkish: köfte (tr)
• Urdu: کوفته‎‎ m (koftā)

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

kofta

1. woman's jacket.

Declension

Declension of kofta

nominative	kofta
genitive	koftanıñ
dative	koftağa
accusative	koftanı
locative	koftada
ablative	koftadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Swedish

Etymology

Sideform of kaftan, i.e. Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from (Ottoman Turkish qaftāu).

Noun

kofta c

1. cardigan

Declension

Declension of kofta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kofta	koftan	koftor	koftorna
Genitive	koftas	koftans	koftors	koftornas