кюфте

Bulgarian
Татарско кюфте

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوفته‎ (köfte), from Persian کوفته‎ (kofte, “kofta”) (interpreted as a nt-stem). Cognate with Turkish köfte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲu̟fˈtɛ]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̟fˈtɛ]

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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • кюфте in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
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