кюфте

Bulgarian
Татарско кюфте

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوفته (köfte), from Persian کوفته (kōfta, “kofta”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̟fˈtɛ]
  • Syllabification(key): кю‧фте
  • Hyphenation(key): кюф‧те

Noun

кюфте́ • (kjufté) n

  1. meatball
  2. (figurative) butterball, fatso (short fat person)

Declension
Declension of кюфте́
singular plural
indefinite кюфте́
kjufté		 кюфте́та
kjuftéta
definite кюфте́то
kjuftéto		 кюфте́тата
kjuftétata

Alternative forms
  • кьофте́ (kjofté)
  • кифте́ (kifté) — dialectal

References
  • “кюфте”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кюфте”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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