كوفته
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- քէօֆթէ (köfte), քիուֆթէ (kiufte), քիւֆթէ (küfte) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
editBorrowed from Persian کوفته (kufte, “meatball”), from the verb کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”).
Noun
editكوفته • (köfte)
- kofta, any of various meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East
- any meatless dish prepared in the same fashion, usually using cornflour
Derived terms
edit- كوفتهخور (köftehor, “random talker”)
Descendants
edit- 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: кюфте́ (kjufté)
- → Crimean Tatar: küfte
- → Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
- → Greek: κεφτές (keftés)
- → Ladino: kefte
- → Macedonian: ќофте (ḱofte)
- → Romanian: chifteá
- ⇒ Romanian: chiftelúță
- → Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀фта / ćùfta
Further reading
edit- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “köfte”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köfte”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2773
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوفته”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 403a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوفته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1055
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوفته”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4084
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köfte”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “քիուֆթէ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary][4], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 862b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوفته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1596