"kofta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒftə/ [UK], /ˈkɑːftə/ [US], /ˈkɔːftə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kofta.wav Forms: koftas [plural], kafta [alternative], kofte [alternative], koufta [alternative], kufta [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fa-cls|کوفْتَه||ground meat}} Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”) 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. Wikidata QID: Q752388 Related terms: malai kofta (english: also a food, probably etymologically unrelated) Translations (meatball or meatloaf dish): qofte [feminine] (Albanian), كُفْتَة (kufta) [feminine] (Arabic), քյուֆթա (kʻyuftʻa) (Armenian), কোপ্তা (küpta) (Assamese), küftə (Azerbaijani), кюфта́ (kjuftá) [feminine] (Belarusian), কোফতা (kōphta) (Bengali), кюфте́ (kjufté) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 四喜丸子 (sìxǐwánzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), küfte (Crimean Tatar), کوفْتَه (kōfta) (Dari), köfte [feminine] (Dutch), kofto (Esperanto), kofta (Finnish), kafta [masculine] (French), küftä (Gagauz), გუფთა (gupta) (Georgian), κεφτές (keftés) [masculine] (Greek), κιοφτές (kioftés) [masculine] (Greek), כופתה (Hebrew), כֻּפְתָּה (kuftá) [feminine] (Hebrew), कोफ़्ता (koftā) [masculine] (Hindi), kofte (Indonesian), کوفْتِه (kufte) (Iranian Persian), キョフテ (kyofute) (Japanese), コフタ (kofuta) (Japanese), ಕೋಫ಼್ತಾ (kōftā) (Kannada), кюфта (küfta) (Kazakh), күпта (küpta) (Kazakh), 코프타 (kopeuta) (Korean), кюпте (küpte) (Kumyk), kofta [feminine] (Lithuanian), ќофте (ḱofte) [feminine] (Macedonian), കൊഫ്ത (kophta) (Malayalam), कोफ्ता (kophtā) [masculine] (Marathi), көфтэ (köfte) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тефтель (teftelʹ) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kufte (Northern Kurdish), كوفته (köfte) (Ottoman Turkish), kofta [feminine] (Polish), cafta [feminine] (Portuguese), chiftea [feminine] (Romanian), кюфта́ (kjuftá) [feminine] (Russian), те́фтели (téfteli) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ћу̀фта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ćùfta [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kofta [feminine] (Spanish), куфта (kufta) (Tajik), кӯфта (küfta) (Tajik), köfte (Turkish), кюфта́ (kjuftá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کوفْتَہ (kofta) [masculine] (Urdu), koʻfte (Uzbek)
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          "roman": "sìxǐwánzǐ",
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          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
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          "word": "გუფთა"
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          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "roman": "teftelʹ",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "kofta"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafta"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiftea"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
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          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кюфта́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
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          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ћу̀фта"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ćùfta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kofta"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "kufta",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "word": "куфта"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "küfta",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "word": "кӯфта"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "word": "köfte"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "lang_code": "ota",
          "roman": "köfte",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "word": "كوفته"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "kjuftá",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кюфта́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "کوفْتَہ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
          "word": "koʻfte"
        }
      ],
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        "Q752388"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːftə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔːftə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
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}
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "bor+"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koufta",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "Terms with Assamese translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Dari translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Gagauz translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Iranian Persian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Kumyk translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
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        "Q752388"
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːftə/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔːftə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "qofte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "kufta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كُفْتَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "kʻyuftʻa",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "քյուֆթա"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "lang_code": "as",
      "roman": "küpta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "কোপ্তা"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "küftə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "kjuftá",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кюфта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "kōphta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "কোফতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "kjufté",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кюфте́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sìxǐwánzǐ",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "四喜丸子"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "lang_code": "crh",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "küfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "köfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "kofto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "lang_code": "gag",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "küftä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "gupta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "გუფთა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "keftés",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κεφτές"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kioftés",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κιοφτές"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "כופתה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "kuftá",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כֻּפְתָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "koftā",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोफ़्ता"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "kofte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kyofute",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "キョフテ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kofuta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "コフタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "lang_code": "kn",
      "roman": "kōftā",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "ಕೋಫ಼್ತಾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "küfta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "кюфта"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "küpta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "күпта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "kopeuta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "코프타"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "lang_code": "kum",
      "roman": "küpte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "кюпте"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "kmr",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "kufte"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "ḱofte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ќофте"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "lang_code": "ml",
      "roman": "kophta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "കൊഫ്ത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "kophtā",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोफ्ता"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "roman": "köfte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "көфтэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "roman": "teftelʹ",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тефтель"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "lang_code": "prs",
      "roman": "kōfta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "کوفْتَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "kufte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "کوفْتِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiftea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kjuftá",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кюфта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "téfteli",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "те́фтели"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ћу̀фта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ćùfta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kofta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "kufta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "куфта"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "küfta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "кӯфта"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "köfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "köfte",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "كوفته"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kjuftá",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кюфта́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "kofta",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کوفْتَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "meatball or meatloaf dish",
      "word": "koʻfte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kofta"
}

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