"kofta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒftə/ [UK], /ˈkɑːftə/ [US], /ˈkɔːftə/ [US] Forms: koftas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian کوفته (kôfta, “ground meat”), from کوفتن (kôftan, “to grind, break, beat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa|کوفته||ground meat|tr=kôfta}} Persian کوفته (kôfta, “ground meat”), {{m|fa|کوفتن||to grind, break, beat|tr=kôftan}} کوفتن (kôftan, “to grind, break, beat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kofta (plural koftas)
  1. Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans. Wikipedia link: kofta Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: kafta, kofte, koufta, kufta Related terms: malai kofta (english: also a food, probably etymologically unrelated) Translations (meatball or meatloaf dish): qofte [feminine] (Albanian), كُفْتَة (kufta) (Arabic), քյուֆթա (kʻyuftʻa) (Armenian), küftə (Azerbaijani), кюфте́ (kjufté) [neuter] (Bulgarian), küfte (Crimean Tatar), kofto (Esperanto), kofta (Finnish), kafta (French), küftä (Gagauz), გუფთა (gupta) (Georgian), κεφτές (keftés) [masculine] (Greek), κιοφτές (kioftés) [masculine] (Greek), כופתה (kufta) (Hebrew), कोफ़्ता (koftā) [masculine] (Hindi), kofte (Indonesian), キョフテ (kyofute) (Japanese), кюфта (küfta) (Kazakh), күпта (küpta) (Kazakh), кюпте (küpte) (Kumyk), kofta [feminine] (Lithuanian), ќофте (ḱofte) [feminine] (Macedonian), көфтэ (köfte) (Mongolian), тефтель (teftelʹ) (Mongolian), كوفته (köfte) (Ottoman Turkish), کوفته (kufte) (Persian), kofta [feminine] (Polish), cafta [feminine] (Portuguese), chiftea [feminine] (Romanian), кюфта́ (kjuftá) [feminine] (Russian), те́фтели (téfteli) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ћу̀фта [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ćùfta [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kofta [feminine] (Spanish), куфта (kufta) (Tajik), köfte (Turkish), کوفته (koftā) [masculine] (Urdu)

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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kufte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "کوفته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiftea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kjuftá",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кюфта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "téfteli",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "те́фтели"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ћу̀фта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ćùfta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kufta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "куфта"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "köfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "koftā",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کوفته"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kofta"
}

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