kofta

== English == === Alternative forms === kafta, kofte, koufta, kufta === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “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 ==== === See also === malai kofta (also a food, probably etymologically unrelated) == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian кофта (kofta) === Noun === kofta woman's jacket. ==== Declension ==== === 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 a cardigan ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kulturkofta offerkofta === Further reading === “kofta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) kofta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)