kofta

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: кюфте́ (bg) n (kjufté) Crimean Tatar: küfte 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) 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)

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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]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Swedish

Etymology

Variant of kaftan, from Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان‎ (kaftan), also in Russian ко́фта (kófta).

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

• offerkofta