kofta

English

Kofta (Kufteh Tabrizi).

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (kôfta, “ground meat”), from (kôftan, “to grind, break, beat”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kofta (plural koftas)

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: кюфте (bg) n (kjufté)
Crimean Tatar: küfte
Finnish: kofta (fi)
French: kafta
Georgian: გუფთა (gupta)
Greek: κεφτές (el) m (keftés)
Hebrew: כופתה‎‎ (he) (kufta)
Hindi: कोफ़्ता m (koftā)
Japanese: キョフテ (kyofute)
Kazakh: кюфта (kywfta)
Kumyk: кюпте (kyupte)

Lithuanian: kofta f
Macedonian: ќо́фте f (ḱófte)
Mongolian: көфтэ (köfte), тефтель (teftelʹ)
Persian: کوفته‎‎ (fa) (kufte)
Portuguese: cafta f
Romanian: chiftea (ro) f
Russian: кюфта́ (ru) f (kjuftá), те́фтели (ru) m pl (téfteli)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ћу̀фта

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

Crimean Tatar

Noun

kofta

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

Swedish

Etymology

Sideform of kaftan i.e. Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish (qaftāu).

Noun

kofta c

cardigan

Declension

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

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