kofta

English

Kofta (Kufteh Tabrizi).

Alternative forms

• kafta, kofte, koufta, 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 (kʻyuftʻa)
• Azerbaijani: küftə (az)
• Bulgarian: кюфте́ (bg) n (kjufté)
• Crimean Tatar: küfte
• Esperanto: kofto
• Finnish: kofta (fi)
• French: kafta
• Gagauz: küftä
• Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
• Greek: κεφτές (el) m (keftés), κιοφτές (el) m (kioftés)
• Hebrew: כופתה (he) (kufta)
• Hindi: कोफ़्ता m (koftā)
• Indonesian: kofte
• Japanese: キョフテ (kyofute)
• Kazakh: кюфта (küfta), күпта (küpta)
• Kumyk: кюпте (küpte)
• Lithuanian: kofta f
• Macedonian: ќофте f (ḱofte)
• Mongolian: көфтэ (köfte), тефтель (teftelʹ)
• Ottoman Turkish: كوفته (köfte)
• Persian: کوفته (fa) (kufte)
• Polish: kofta (pl) f
• Portuguese: cafta f
• Romanian: chiftea (ro) f
• Russian: кюфта́ (ru) f (kjuftá), те́фтели (ru) m pl (téfteli)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћу̀фта

  Roman: ćùfta

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

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

Derived terms

• kulturkofta
• offerkofta

Further reading

• kofta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kofta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)