كوفته

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• քէօֆթէ (köfte), քիուֆթէ (kiufte), քիւֆթէ (küfte) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “meatball”), from the verb کوفتن (kōftan / kuftan, “to beat, grind, break”).

Noun

كوفته • (köfte)

1. kofta, any of various meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East
2. any meatless dish prepared in the same fashion, usually using cornflour

Derived terms

• كوفته‌خور (köftehor, “random talker”)

Descendants

• 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

Further reading

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “köfte”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “köfte”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2773
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كوفته”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 403a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كوفته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1055
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كوفته”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4084
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “köfte”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841), “քիուֆթէ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 862b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كوفته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1596