kofta

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kofta (plural koftas)

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

Translations

See also

  • malai kofta (also a food, probably etymologically unrelated)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кофта (kofta)

Noun

kofta

  1. woman's jacket.

Declension

Declension of kofta
singular plural
nominative kofta koftalar
genitive koftanıñ koftalarnıñ
dative koftağa koftalarğa
accusative koftanı koftalarnı
locative koftada koftalarda
ablative koftadan koftalardan

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “kofta”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), probably through Russian ко́фта (kófta) (if not vice versa) or through German. Doublet of kaftan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kufte and Southern Sami gåptoe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔfˌta/

Noun

kofta c

  1. cardigan

Declension

Declension of kofta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kofta koftas
definite koftan koftans
plural indefinite koftor koftors
definite koftorna koftornas

Derived terms

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