kofta

English
Kofta (Kufteh Tabrizi).

Alternative forms

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

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]‎, 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

Further reading
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