κεφτές
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- meatball, kofta
- (less frequently) meat patty
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوفته (tr, kfte) derived from Persian کوفته (ground meat, kofta).
Origin
Persian
کوفته
Gloss
ground meat, kofta
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kofta English
- كُفْتَة Arabic
- ćufta Serbo-Croatian
- ћуфта Serbo-Croatian
- कोफ़्ता Hindi
- chiftea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- chifteluțe, chiftelúțe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- کوفته Persian
- κεφτεδάκι Greek (modern)
- ρεβίθι Greek (modern)
- ρεβυθοκεφτές Greek (modern)
- köfte Turkish
- кюфте Bulgarian
- كوفته Ottoman Turkish
- كوفته Ottoman Turkish
- ќофте Macedonian
- كفتة Hijazi Arabic