کوفته

Persian

Etymology

From کوفتن (kōftan / kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”), see there for more.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /koːf.ˈta/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoːf.t̪ʰá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰoːf.t̪ʰá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰʊːf.t̪ʰá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuːf.t̪ʰé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɵf.t̪ʰá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kōfta
Dari reading^?	kōfta
Iranian reading^?	kufte
Tajik reading^?	küfta

Adjective

کوفته • (kōfta / kufte) (Tajik spelling кӯфта)

Noun

کوفته • (kōfta / kufte) (Tajik spelling кӯфта)

kofta

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: küftə, kiftə
→ English: kofta, kafta, kofte, koufta, kufta
→ French: kafta
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: कोफ़्ता (koftā)

Urdu: کوفتہ (koftā)
→ Kazakh: кюфта (küfta)
→ Kumyk: кюпте (küpte)
→ Lithuanian: kofta
→ Ottoman Turkish: كوفته (köfte), քէօֆթէ (köfte), քիուֆթէ (kiufte), քիւֆթէ (küfte) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: köfte
  - → German: Köfte
  - → Japanese: キョフテ
- → 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
    - → Russian: тефте́ли (teftéli)
      - → Mongolian: тефтель (teftelʹ)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀фта / ćùfta
→ Portuguese: cafta
→ Russian: кюфта́ (kjuftá)
→ Spanish: kofta